Account Sales Manager

VPX Sports/Bang Energy Performance Beverages and Sports Nutrition has been producing epic innovations for 25 years. We engage in an unrelenting pursuit to create trendsetting appearance and performance enhancing inventions. Our sports nutrition and beverage innovations are backed by 27 double-blind placebo controlled Gold Standard University studies. Likewise, our marketing and distribution has been discussed for its excellence by such prestigious news outlets as Forbes and Wells Fargo. We are hiring super creative, ultra-positive and high-energy professionals to drive our vision to serve the entire world cutting edge health promoting beverages and nutrition! We are top sellers in iconic retailers such as 7 Eleven, Publix, Walmart, and are the #1 selling beverage of all time in the world’s largest health food retailers: GNC and Vitamin Shoppe.

Responsibilities: The Account Sales Manager (ASM) drives a small-box truck to sell, deliver, and merchandise VPX Sports products in large and small format stores. The ASM's top priority is to effectively service all customers in a safe, efficient, and professional manner. This position will sell and deliver product to c-stores, food, Drug, Mass, Sports Nutrition Outlet, and Gyms. The beverage products consist of REDLINE Energy Drink, VPX Protein RUSH RTD, VPX Power Rush Shots, and ZERO IMPACT Protein Bars. This job will entail direct sales and account management, including but not limited to procuring and driving new business, as well as growing existing relationships with retailers and distributors.

• Serve current VPX Sports customers within a designated route
• Develop new account relationships within the route
• Help customers manage their VPX Sports product inventory
• Ensure customers utilize current promotions, displays, and marketing tools
• Oversee merchandising of VPX Sports product within customer locations
• Maximize distribution within a designated route and secure high value retail space for VPX Sports products
• Achieve monthly key performance indicators (KPI‘s) in the following areas: sales, distribution, pricing, display, new accounts, and merchandising
• Bring a sense of urgency and commitment along with desire to get things done
• Maintain a high level of communication across the VPX team
• Ensure all VPX Sports equipment is clean and in good working order
• Build and protect the VPX Sports brand
• Responsible for route operational/sales activity, including ordering and distribution, merchandising, promotional activity, holiday planning, and meeting customer expectations.
• Communicate with all customers and consumers to assist them in understanding the promotional activity, and also understanding what our customer delivery expectations and growth opportunities are.
• Ensure that product distribution is accomplished to customer satisfaction.
• Assist with accounts and customer relations to include selling of new products, chain relations, space/position gains, and solicit potential new business.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 3 years of past sales experience - like industry preferred
• Self-disciplined
• Goal and detail oriented
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational and follow through skills
• Valid clean driver’s license
• Speak, hear, and understand instructions
• Frequently transition between walking and sitting
• Occasionally stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Use specific vision abilities including: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment
• Work with or near moving mechanical parts, moderate to loud noise, outside weather conditions, and/or extreme temperatures
• Adaptable and quick to learn new processes and tools.
• Has a “whatever it takes” attitude.
• A track record of performance meeting targets and objectives.
• Self-directed, goal-oriented and flexible, enjoying working in a fast-paced and at times challenging environment.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights

Supplemental Pay:

• Commission pay

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Sales: 2 years (Required)
• B2B sales: 1 year (Preferred)
• Route driving: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: On the road