Extra Route Sales Professional

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Employment Type: Regular

Location: OMAHA,NE

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

The responsibility of the Extra Route Sales Professional is to follow procedures and good business practices that will enable routes to grow to potential. Delivers fresh product to existing customers, sets up new accounts and merchandises. The RSS will work closely with customers and support all sales initiatives to achieve expectations and be responsible for customer development with regard to ordering, merchandising, and display opportunities.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Provides vacation relief for Route Sales Professionals and Loaders
• Assisting the Sales Leadership Team in day-to-day operations and/or issues as needed.
• Assists with the training of new Route Sales Professionals.
• Delivers fresh product to existing customers on open routes until new RSPs are trained.
• Assists with rack resets.
• Partners with Route Sales Professionals to create alignment in account chains
• Route operation activity, including ordering and distribution, merchandising, promotional activity, holiday planning and meeting customer expectations.
• Communicate with customers to assist them in understanding the promotional activity and understand what our customer delivery expectations are.
• Ensure the product distribution is accomplished to customer satisfaction in agreement with any contract terms and requirements.
• Assists customer relations to include selling of new products, and space/position gains.
• Provides a high level of customer service ad solve customer issues as they arise.
• Represents BBU as a leader in the baking industry.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Work location will vary depending on staffing needs.

Requirements:

• Must have a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record

• Requires high school degree or GED

• Route flexibility: sales, grocery or driving experience with DSD is preferred.

• The work can be physically demanding with repetitive lifting/carrying of up to 50 pounds and pushing/pulling up to 100 pounds or more.

• The ability to operate a standard shift truck

• Must follow all DOT regulations and be able to pass a DOT physical

• Must be able to work early hours and evening loading trucks.

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.