General Labor - Sales

PepsiCo - Grand Rapids, MI

- Entry Level

Grand Rapids, MI

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

This is an entry-level position that performs miscellaneous support tasks throughout the sales function. The primary responsibility is product merchandising within large volume stores, which includes stocking shelves, freshness rotation, display setup and maintenance, cooler stocking/rotation, storage room organization, and moving products from storage to the sales floor. Sales responsibilities and customer contact are incidental and not a significant role for this position. Additional duties may be assigned by the manager, such as warehouse support. The position may require working across a wide variety of weather conditions and involves lifting, loading, pushing, and pulling cases weighing from 20-45 pounds repeatedly throughout a 10-12 hour work period. Bending, reaching, and squatting to merchandise and display products are also required. The position may be part-time or full-time.

Responsibilities

• Merchandise store shelving, coolers, and displays with products in accounts assigned by supervisor
• Utilize point of purchase in each account
• Keep back room stock in neat and orderly condition
• Reset shelves, coolers, and other points of purchase to comply with established merchandising standards and negotiated customer contracts
• Deliver products, serve customers, and execute all promotions to multiple stores each day (if applicable)
• Operate trucks requiring an appropriate CDL license (if applicable)
• Service all scheduled customers by the end of the daily shift
• Merchandise and rotate all accounts to local standards
• Push and pull pallet jacks, hand trucks, and breakdowns to move products to and from truck
• Establish positive working relationships with primary contact at each account
• Comply with operating procedures
• Serve customers with communication and attentiveness to their needs
• Follow DOT regulations
• Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance

Requirements

• Must be 18 years or older; 21 years or older if CDL required
• Must have car or personal transportation to access multi-store locations in assigned shift (if applicable)
• Valid drivers' license (if applicable); Proof of insurance; Valid CDL license (if required)
• Pass DOT physical and DOT Road Test (if applicable)
• Follow DOT Regulations (if applicable)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in merchandising products
• Experience operating handheld computers
• Experience working for a retail business or grocery store
• Experience moving products within a store
• Experience managing backroom/stock room inventory
• Experience serving customers

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for positions that require use of a personal vehicle for a sales route