Small Format Sales Trainee - South Charlotte Area

Unbottle Your Potential at Pepsi Bottling Ventures!

At Pepsi, we spread home-grown joy, in our special Pepsi Bottling Ventures way! Pepsi Bottling Ventures is the nation's largest private bottler and distributor of Pepsi beverages. Pepsi Bottling Ventures is based in NC, SC, MD, & DE.

Job Description

Purpose Of The Job

Orders product, resets accounts for space to sales, gains distribution on new products, and merchandises product, which includes placing orders, stocking shelves, rotating shelved product, setting up displays, cooler stocking/rotation, storage room organization and movement of product from storage to the sales floor. Ability to use handheld to order product and/or run invoices.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Fills and merchandises all displays, racks, shelves, and cold equipment in accordance with PBV standards.
• Rotates products, cleans shelving, and stocks products from the store's backroom/cold vault onto displays and/or cold equipment.
• Places orders in all assigned accounts, creates and utilizes point of sale signage.
• Participates with store resets to stimulate sales
• Sells and execute all promotions
• Provides excellent service to all assigned accounts; creates and maintains goodwill with all customers.
• Communicates with customers and co-workers.
• Follows company rules and regulations.
• Drives/operates a company provided car/van/pick-up truck (under 26,000 GVW) or personal vehicle for company business to travel between customer accounts.
• Other duties as assigned based on business channel.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED highly preferred.
• Valid Driver's License is required.
• Must be 18 years of age
• Must have a positive attitude and must be detail-oriented.
• Must be able to perform basic financial calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to perform heavy physical labor for extended periods of time.
• Able to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
• Self-starter with excellent follow-up skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Must meet PBV driving qualifications.
• Able to work hours necessary to complete assigned tasks.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.

Essential Mental And Physical Functions

Mental Functions

Repetitive job requiring frequent, but not more than normal mental or visual effort or alertness.

Physical Functions

Constantly (34%-66%) required to walk, stand, lift up to 85 pounds and push/pull 300 2400 pounds with the assistance of a pallet jack.

Equipment Used

Vehicle, hand truck, store floats, pallet jacks, label gun, telephone, calculator, Point of Purchase materials, computer reports, cardboard balers, various types of vending equipment, and general office equipment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None required.

Language Skills

Must be able to speak, read, write, and comprehend English.

Unfortunately, we will be unable to offer visa sponsorships to candidates.

EOE M/F/D/V

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website, you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening. You can request reasonable accommodation by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io or via e-mail at View email address on click.appcast.io