Part-Time Territory Sales Associate

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Part-time Territory Sales Associate representing Hershey candy brands across Columbia, South Carolina retailers. Executing merchandising, distribution, displays, and store-level sales priorities.

Responsibilities:

  • Sell and ensure best-in-class merchandising for Hershey brands
  • Build displays, increase distribution of top-selling items, and replenish permanent secondary displays
  • Execute sales priorities and support retail strategy within an assigned territory
  • Use consultative selling to interpret store and retailer priorities and influence solutions
  • Develop and execute retail priorities before each store call
  • Apply sales strategies, influence, and negotiation techniques to secure opportunities and commitments
  • Lead problem-solving efforts and evaluate alternative approaches
  • Sell and maintain 100% distribution of authorized Hershey items
  • Execute headquarters sales and merchandising plans with retailers
  • Achieve merchandising objectives using permanent secondary displays and other display vehicles
  • Report weekly activity, expenses, account changes, promotions, and administrative functions
  • Report daily activities using tablets at the end of each day
  • Visit approximately 6–10+ accounts per day and travel throughout the assigned territory
  • Partner with store leadership, internal teams, and peers to implement strategies and solve problems

Requirements:

  • Valid US state-issued driver’s license
  • Personal vehicle in sound operating condition
  • Personal auto insurance with minimum coverage of $100,000 per person / $100,000 per accident / $100,000 property damage, permitting business use
  • Reside or be willing to commute within the listed territory boundaries
  • Ability to drive long distances and make multiple daily sales calls
  • Ability to lift 10–40 lbs. regularly, with or without reasonable accommodations
  • Ability to bend, kneel, stoop, and demonstrate manual dexterity frequently, with or without reasonable accommodations
  • Ability to use tablet technology
  • Daily access to wireless internet
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changes in territory coverage
  • Availability to work 20–25 hours per week
  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent
  • 3–4 years of food merchandising experience preferred but not required

Benefits:

  • Mileage for travel reimbursed at 62 cents per mile
  • Flexible schedules
  • Reasonable accommodations available
  • Equal employment opportunity