Demonstration Specialist

Demonstration Specialist

CROSSMARK is a leading sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry that expertly guides our clients along "The Way to Market" by delivering growth solutions with exceptional service. Our expertise spans the grocery, mass, club, drug, convenience store, and home improvement channels among others, and our solutions bolster our clients' capabilities for developing best practices, insight analysis, and customer targeting that always hit the mark.

We do this by excelling in four key areas headquarter selling, retail merchandising, store level marketing, and streamlining trade practices. In business for more than 100 years, CROSSMARK employs more than 20,000 associates worldwide in offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, CROSSMARK is a privately owned corporation. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Create a positive product impression and generate brand awareness for onsite/in-store food and non-food demonstrations.
• Proactively intercept, engage, interact and communicate with consumers to demonstrate products features and benefits in a professional manner.
• Possess the ability to acquire and maintain knowledge of products represented.
• Properly prepares event table/cart (set up & breakdown) for demonstration execution.
• Ability to prepare and serve food and beverage samples using required appliances, such as; microwave, convection oven, electric fryer, skillet, juicer, coffee maker, cooking utensils, forks/knives and hot oils.
• Maintain a clean, sterile and safe work station using cleaning chemicals.
• Maintain an overall professional appearance consistent with the requirements of the role.
• Provide excellent customer service and develop a professional working relationship with store personnel to effectively meet CROSSMARK'S and client objectives.
• Accurately prepare and submit all online requirements on the day of event demonstration/execution.
• Ability to access the internet, navigate through CROSSMARK's electronic systems, using web based Microsoft Outlook, and capability to view assigned documents, including Microsoft Word & Adobe PDF forms.
• Follow CROSSMARK's policies, procedures and position responsibilities.

Although not required, experience in the following areas is a plus:

• Retail Sales
• Customer Service
• Product Demonstration
• Brand Ambassador
• Food Service Handling

Qualifications

Hours of Operations & Availability (Part-Time Associate)

• This role is not expected to exceed 25 hours a week, although CROSSMARK does maintain discretion to change the hours, based on the needs of the client and or business.
• Required availability: Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 7 pm
• Most shifts are 6 hours in length, including breaks.
• Events run on a staggered shift schedule primarily between the preferred hours of 10 am & 7 pm- 7 days a week. The number of events vary per week.

Additional Information

Part time employees are eligible to participate in 401k, limited medical, dental and vision benefits, and are paid weekly! Permanent Part Time (Looking for supplemental income? This is it!) Thursday: 10:00pm - 7:00pm Friday: 10:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 7:00pm Sunday: 10:00pm - 7:00pm *Includes a 30 min break* Paid training