Route Sales Driver

At Jack Link’s, we feed the journey. We take pride in rolling up our sleeves and getting things done together. Fueled by creativity, passion, and a commitment to doing things the right way, we tackle the hard stuff first and focus on real progress, bold moves, and no excuses. We create opportunities, celebrate wins, own our misses, and push forward as a team, knowing our strength comes from supporting one another and having fun along the way.

We cultivate a workplace where passion meets purpose and our Team Members are inspired, recognized,and rewarded for their contributions.

If you’re ready to make a difference and build something meaningful, we want you!

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Headquartered in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s is strategically positioned with production, distribution, and support centers in key locations throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. This global network allows Jack Link's to deliver a wide variety of high-quality, great tasting protein snacks to consumers around the world.

The company’s portfolio of brands includes Jack Link’s, Lorissa’s Kitchen, Wild River, Golden Island, Country Fresh Meats, BiFi, Peperami , Mariani and Local Legends Meat Snacks.

Country Fresh Meats is a subsidiary company of Jack Link’s Protein Snacks. Originating in Bevent, WI, we’ve been family owned since 1980. Our current day facility is in Weston, WI., and we proudly service our customers and support national distribution from this small town.

We have a lot in common with our parent company, Jack Link’s, turning a family recipe into a new snacking category through hard work and dedication to quality. And with an entrepreneurial spirit that makes us unafraid to try new things. And although Jack Link’s is a global company, it is still proudly family owned and operated, remembering its roots in a small town.

We're a company built by innovators and we see every day as an opportunity to move forward, to forge new ground. To realize our vision of becoming the World’s #1 Protein Snack Company and our mission to Feed the Journey, we are driven to succeed and grow. Are you wild enough to join the Country Fresh Meats team?

As a Route Sales Driver, you will service stores in your local area supported with the strategy and resources to change the face of snacking. One of our core values isRELATIONSHIP DRIVENand people are our #1 priority. We value people who help build the business and, if you want to grow with us, there are opportunities to advance with our fast growing and changing company.

This route will be in the Quad Cities Area:

Madison, WI

Rockford, IL

Davenport, IA

Job Description

• Establish an efficient route schedule of stores with accounts in an assigned area.
• Ability to comprehend period sales, programs, and promotions to achieve successful sales, distribution, and placement of products.
• Analyze and explore the market to identify opportunities for new products, service, and shelf space in current and new accounts.
• Ability to handle customer complaints and issues and solve them with assistance of management.
• Maintain and update the condition of in store display units and sales material.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers while establishing good communication to aide in the increase of sales.
• Ability to rotate and maintain accurate inventory of products in store and on truck using the FIFO system.
• Able to use technology, cloud software program (Encompass), to track day to day activities such as: truck inventory, store inventories, product returns, credits and invoices.
• Track expenses in app-based software (Concur).
• Able to manage company vehicle maintenance schedule with direct supervisor.
• Strong time management and organizational skills/ sense of urgency.
• Overnight stay required at company expense
• This position will typically start at 4 am to match our customer’s schedule.

• High school diploma or GED
• Must possess a valid divers license and have a good driving record
• Ability to safely lift and carry items weighing up to 30 pounds as part of regular job duties.