Sales Associate

Summary

Manages sales activities of organization by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals, and advise dealers, distributors, and clients concerning sales and advertising techniques.
• Analyze sales statistics to formulate policy and to assist dealers in promoting sales.
• Review market analyzes to determine customer needs, volume potential, price schedules, and discount rates, and develop sales campaigns to accommodate goals of company.
• Direct product simplification and standardized to eliminate unprofitable items form sales line.
• Coordinate liaison between sales department and other sales related units.
• Analyze and control expenditures of division to conform to budgetary requirements.
• Assist other departments within organization as needed to coordinate activities.
• Prepare periodic sales report showing sales volume and potential sales.
• Purchase product as needed to supply customers.
• Monitor the handling of the inventory and ensure proper storage.
• Maintain material inventory levels.
• Advise packinghouse supervisor of daily orders for their customers. Discuss orders with shipping department to coordinate packing activities.
• Send daily confirmations to customers.
• Assist with collections.
• Receive, price and enter sales orders into sales order system and coordinate delivery with production personnel to meet customer requirements.
• Review product availability and market analyses to determine customer needs, volume potential, price schedules and discount rates.
• Liaison between sales department and other departments in the packing facility as required facilitating the fulfillment of customer’s orders.
• Prepare periodic sales report showing sales volume and potential sales.
• Assist customers with food shows and store openings
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties

None

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two year college or technical school or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Three to five years working in a sales environment
• Strong communication skills
• Willingness to work
• Must possess the ability to operate a computer using standard office software
• Must be able to travel as need dictates

Job Location

West Deptford, NJ