Retail Sales Representative for General Mills/Blue Buffalo - Winnipeg

Job Brief

Our client is General Mills. Your role is to provide in-field and ongoing coaching and support to the Team. Identify business development opportunities to drive sales within an assigned geographical territory.

The Role : Retail Sales Representative for General Mills / Blue Buffalo - MB - Winnipeg

The Perfect Person for The Role :

You are a dynamic, motivated, self-starter with a passion for winning.

You have top-notch communication, relationship-building and planning & organizational skills. You love being on the road, working independently.

You take a consultative, insight-based approach to selling, effectively balancing your customers’ and our clients’ interests to drive mutually beneficial outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing Every Day :

Sales & Merchandising Responsibilities

Represent General Mills and Blue Buffalo in a professional manner by providing retail customers with the best service

Work with your Manager to set territory goals based on company objectives and develop strategies to meet and / or established target by :

Developing customer relations to become a trusted advisor

Introducing new products and promotional events into the market

Leveraging selling skills to solicit orders for account bookings and allocation

Closing distribution gaps by confirming correct shelf tags are present in compliance with account listing & store planograms

Ensuring supply availability through merchandising product and checking order / inventory status

Negotiating space for and building Gold Standard displays to maximize points of interruption as well as confirming and correcting previously agreed display implementations

Using sales tools provided to identify opportunities & gaps and determine action plan to drive sales, improve distribution, recognize underperforming categories, and increase overall profitability in your territory

Recognizing and utilizing regional sales trends in order to maximize in-store performance

Providing feedback and insight on retail conditions and / or issues as they are encountered

Other duties as required

Your Experience :

Ideally 1-3 years of territory sales and merchandising experience in CPG

Superior communication and presentation skills

Amazing relationship-building skills

Leadership / coaching skills

Strong selling skills

Strong attention to detail

Strong personal drive, positive attitude and excellent problem-solving skills are essential

Aptitude for fast learning, careful strategic planning and ability to self-support with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment

The RIGHT Fit with Encore :

At Encore, we feel that no matter your background, what’s most important to your success and ours is the way you interact with others.

Don’t get us wrong, if you have the right experience and skills, that’s great. So, if you’re thinking about working with Encore, it’s important that you know what we’ll expect from you :

You believe in winning

You bring passion and innovative thinking that will deliver results

You believe that the words work’ and fun’ belong in the same sentence

How to Apply :

If you haven’t already figured it out, it’s really important for Encore to have the RIGHT Team. If you know that you’re a great match for this role and think you’ll be a great fit with Encore, then you should definitely apply to this exciting opportunity! If you’re not jazzed about what you’ve read so far, that’s OK, we’re sure the right job is out there somewhere for you.

For those of you who apply, thanks so much for your interest in learning more about this exciting opportunity. We’d love to chat with all of you, but sometimes we simply don’t have enough time.

If we feel you’re a good match, we’ll definitely be reaching out to you to move you forward in the selection process. If you're selected, you'll be asked to complete a recorded, digital interview which you can do with a webcam or a mobile device with a front-facing camera.

Encore strives to make our recruitment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provides accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and selection process, please reach out to us.