Field Sales Manager - Independent Retail - Inland Empire

Field Sales Manager

A Field Sales Manager achieves sales volume and distribution objectives of the company and supplier by managing and coaching a team of sales representatives to make their standards of performance goals through proper planning, organization, training, and execution.

Job Responsibilities

• Manages and coaches a team of sales representatives.
• Conducts effective one-on-one sales meetings with sales representatives by communicating sales objectives and programs, identifying opportunities, reviewing performance against goals, and guiding team members on how to close gaps.
• Develops and reviews performance enhancement plans for each sales representative by maintaining training files, conducting evaluations, monitoring 90-day evaluations on new hires, performing coaching calls, filling out MBOs and following up on progress as needed.
• Addresses any skill deficiencies of sales representatives by developing customized coaching plans, tracking progress, and recording improvement against them.
• Pre-plans prior to the beginning of each sales period by holding a one-on-one meeting with each representative, strategizing on how best to achieve goals and objectives, and when applicable, helping representatives define target accounts.
• Participates in the associate interview and selection process by working with human resources to source candidates, schedule interviews, conduct interviews, and manage the on-boarding process.
• Demonstrates strong customer orientation by maintaining relationships with key accounts, identifying account opportunities, performing customer business reviews, developing opening orders with new accounts, selling-in resents of stores, managing open territories and resolving customer complaints.
• Manages supplier surveys by planning routes, pre-surveying accounts, conducting survey with supplier, recapping the survey and scheduling sales representatives as needed.
• Coordinates supplier ride-withs by collaborating with Business Managers in the scheduling of sales representatives.
• Resolves customer issues by following appropriate administrative processes and company policies and escalating issues to management as appropriate.
• Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder's supervisor, may also be required.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Competencies

Salary and Benefit Statement : Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data / ranges, applicant's skills, and prior relevant experience.

Compensation : $76,800 - $104,100 Salary Range + 20% Annual Bonus + Mileage Reimbursement at 70 cents per Business Miles driven

Benefits : Medical (HMO & PPO), Dental, Vision (PPO)401(k) matching. + Annual PTO Accrual and holidays + Rollover Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) + Free Life and AD&D Insurance Employee Assistance Program

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Breakthru Beverage Group is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.