Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Keeping abreast of market conditions and new items
- Pricing strategies—developing price/order guides
- Meeting all company and sales profit objectives
- Maintain a sound working knowledge of all markets and growing conditions.
- Make presentations of profitable programs to potential and existing customers.
- Notify and assist buyers, operations, and sales support persons by communication of customer's needs and preferences.
- Maintain effective, professional relationships with retailers, vendors, and fellow employees.
- Organize and provide assistance for special sales and promotions.
- Assist in departmental resets and grand openings when called upon.
- Participate in special projects deemed necessary to the operation and well-being of the company.
- Attend all sales meetings and appointments, (be on time, punctual).
- Responsible for individual accounts sales and gross profit.
- Make sure all orders are submitted before scheduled cut off times.
- Responsible for processing and turning in credit memos, responsibility forms and other job-related paperwork within the set time lines.
- Walk warehouse-checking product at least twice a day.
- Responsible for quality and food safety.
- Other duties as assigned.