Sales Associate Retail Part Time Sales Associate Retail Part Time

Your role is to identify business development opportunities and to drive sales within an assigned geographical territory.

The Role: Part Time Retail Sales Representative for General Mills & Blue Buffalo - Ottawa East- 25 HRS/WEEK
You have top-notch communication, relationship-building and planning & organizational skills. You take a consultative, insight-based approach to selling, effectively balancing your customers’ and our clients’ interests to drive mutually beneficial outcomes.
Blue Buffalo Pet Foods, is also a part of the General Mills family. They are a healthy pet food with a core belief: "Love them like family. Your role is to identify business development opportunities to drive sales within an assigned geographical territory.
Represent General Mills and Blue Buffalo in a professional manner by providing retail customers with the best service
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
Ideally 1-3 years of territory sales and merchandising experience in CPG
Bilingual (French/English)
Amazing relationship building skills
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
High-speed internet with WiFi at home
The ability to store some supplies at home and transport them in your vehicle
Some overnight travel may be required in remote areas
We’d love to chat with all of you, but sometimes we simply don’t have enough time. 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.