Sales Assistant; Sales - Supermarket

J.J. Taylor Distributing, Florida Inc. is a leading beer distributor in Florida and distributes products from suppliers including Miller, Coors, Heineken, Guinness, Yuengling, Sierra Nevada, and Sam Adams, just to name a few. Our mission is to be the “First Choice” distributor for our Employees, Customers, and Suppliers as the variety leader in the beverage industry. By earning #3 of 50 on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2023, our employees have voiced why they truly enjoy working for J.J. Taylor!

Sales Assistant Pay: $130/day + commission + mileage reimbursement

Work Schedule: Full time; weekends are required with two days off during the week; 5:00-6:00 AM start time

Required License: Valid Class E FL license and ability to maintain $100,000/$300,000 private passenger auto insurance with designated business usage

401K: 60% matching up to 10% of salary

Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, company-paid long term & short-term disability, company-paid life insurance, and many other programs available

Reviews auto generated orders for proper inventory and order accuracy. Transmits assigned customer orders on time. Encourages and influences customers to use P.O.S. thematic display items. Works with sales representatives: selling, display building and ordering of product to achieve volume and distribution objectives. Merchandises company product in assigned customers including weekends. Takes day to day work direction from Sales Representative to whom they are assigned.

• Works with sales team on daily sales call frequency to include generating sales orders, merchandising and display building.
• Ensures that all customer orders assigned are transmitted on time using the company provided handheld unit.
• Travels through assigned territory to merchandise and fully stock shelves at off-premise customers, which could include liquor stores, drug stores, convenience, gas, neighborhood stores and supermarkets etc.
• Takes inventory of current stock in order to determine future reorder needs. Reviews any customer auto replenishment system to ensure proper inventory for accurate orders.
• Maintains product knowledge and pricing. Consults with assigned sales rep and communicates on-going promotions, and any other programs that the company is promoting to customers. Quotes invoice amount prior to delivery if required.
• Presents and sells new products to customers and sells in weekly/monthly ad information to obtain displays as assigned by the sales representative.
• Maintains proper rotation of current stock to ensure product freshness organizes product in back rooms of assigned accounts and checks brand positioning and shelf tags in coolers to ensure cooler integrity. Maintains cooler integrity by reviewing planograms.
• Consults with sales representative at off-premise accounts in order to acquire additional cooler space for J.J. Taylor products including cooler resets where allowed.
• Persuades accounts to use P.O.S. display items to promote sale of company products under the direction of the sales representative.
• Stocks vehicle with appropriate mix of P.O.S. for all J. J. Taylor products so needed merchandise will be available for display at accounts.
• Completes requests for signage and puts up signs and other P.O.S. if necessary, in accounts.
• Confers with Sales Director/Manager/Sales Rep to resolve customer problems or to discuss competitive activity.
• Attends scheduled sales meetings with their sales representative team Responsible for successful completion of Brew U Training modules.

• Delivers special orders of J.J Taylor products to accounts when needed.
• Attends sales rallies for supplier partners when needed.
• Assists with cooler resets when needed.
• Works holidays as needed to meet retail customer expectations.
• Adheres to national account check in procedures.
• Performs any additional duties and special tasks assigned by the Sales Director/Manager.
• Participates in brewer impact drives when necessary.

• Possesses a business focus.
• Is able to think analytically.
• Able to work comfortably in a…