Role Profile for Pac NW Andros Sport: Name of Role: Asst Manager, Andros Sport Reporting to: Director of New Horizons/ Andros Sport Location: Seattle/ Greater Seattle Area, Washington State. Detailed Role Profile: Sports…
Skills: Sales, Business Development, Brand Ambassador, Merchandising, Inventory Management
Associate Gifting & Merchandise Project Manager Our Company: World Finer Foods is a full-service sales, marketing and distribution company for specialty food and personal care brands. With over $250 million in annual sal…
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Full-time
Posted 1d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Assistant Manager will drive sales and brand distribution by visiting sports stores, managing product flow, and building relationships with store managers. Additionally, they will represent the brand at sporting events and manage in-store product demonstrations to increase consumer awareness.
Requirements
Candidates must have their own car and be willing to travel extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest region. An athletic orientation and an extroverted personality are required to effectively engage with local fitness communities and event organizers.
Full job description
Role Profile for Pac NW Andros Sport:
Name of Role: Asst Manager, Andros Sport
Reporting to: Director of New Horizons/ Andros Sport
Location: Seattle/ Greater Seattle Area, Washington State.
Detailed Role Profile:
Sports stores New Distribution (Sales/ Business Development):
Call on and get new distribution into sports stores in the market.
Present Andros Sport to Store Owners, fill up paperwork, manage route to market and product flow
Network with stores, to grow in distribution in the sports channel in market.
Regularly visit stores to get reorders while the brand builds a consumer franchise.
Events and Sampling:
Represent the brand Andros Sport at sporting events (race, bike, triathlon etc), community events.
Engage with local organizers to win the space and right to sample at these events. Negotiate competitively on fees where needed.
Engage with consumers, via sampling and be the brand ambassador.
Be appropriately attired in brand merch and decorate sampling station with brand guidance.
Responsible for building and maintaining an active Events Calendar ensuring high visibility in the region and maintain top of mind awareness.
Generate and supply content to social media team from events – before during and after.
Demos:
Book, Plan, and manage in-store demos at Retailers as per approved demo calendar.
Manage inventory appropriately during demos.
Where relevant, review, assist, train and monitor external demo agency staff and external demo teams.
Prepare demo reports
In-store audit of merchandising, inventory and price
Travel to stores, take pictures of shelf for Andros Sport
Count and record Inventory on shelf
Build relationship with Store Managers and Department managers and facilitate reorders to ensure stocking
Ensure any operational issues are identified and resolved whether at store level or customer level. Communicate with Broker and Distributor Reps towards these goals
Apply POS- point of sale advertising material as approved by retailer and brand
Record pricing on shelf, identify and escalate pricing issues.
Ops Planning of promotions – ensure inventory buildup at stores, and pricing
Prepare weekly summary reports on Merchandising, Inventory and Pricing. And derivative reports like tracking velocity by SKU.
Other:
Plugged in to local fitness communities
Assist in regional independents including in grocery as needed
Region:
Pacific North West. Ideally based in Greater Seattle region.
Requirements:
Travel by car in the Pacific Northwest region – Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other regions of Oregon and Washington state.
World Finer Foods is a leading company of owned and third party premium food, beverage and personal care brands that are category leaders and household favorites. As the pioneer in specialty food, we have extensive relationships nationwide in all retail channels. We are passionate about building domestic and international brands and are recognized by our clients and customers for our best in class national sales and marketing teams, efficient systems and logistics, focus on innovation, and our seasoned business expertise.
At World Finer Foods, our values are: Long standing relationships with specialty brand owners, distributors and retailers, unparalleled client and customer service and support, dedication to highest quality standards, honesty and integrity, respect for diversity and a commitment to our employees’ personal growth.
World Finer Foods started in 1971 under the name of VIP Foods in Illinois and has since made a number acquisitions, including InterNatural Foods and Liberty Richter (our Premium Gourmet Specialty division).
Offices: 1455 Broad Street, 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, US
Premium foodbeveragepersonal careCPG Marketing and SalesSpeacilty FoodImporting and LogisticsOrganicCPG TradeshowsBrand Growthand Long Standing CPG Trade Relationships
World Finer Foods is a leading company of owned and third party premium food, beverage and personal care brands that are category leaders and household favorites. As the pioneer in specialty food, we have extensive relationships nationwide in all retail channels. We are passionate about building domestic and international brands and are recognized by our clients and customers for our best in class national sales and marketing teams, efficient systems and logistics, focus on innovation, and our seasoned business expertise.
At World Finer Foods, our values are: Long standing relationships with specialty brand owners, distributors and retailers, unparalleled client and customer service and support, dedication to highest quality standards, honesty and integrity, respect for diversity and a commitment to our employees’ personal growth.
World Finer Foods started in 1971 under the name of VIP Foods in Illinois and has since made a number acquisitions, including InterNatural Foods and Liberty Richter (our Premium Gourmet Specialty division).
Offices: 1455 Broad Street, 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, US
Premium foodbeveragepersonal careCPG Marketing and SalesSpeacilty FoodImporting and LogisticsOrganicCPG TradeshowsBrand Growthand Long Standing CPG Trade Relationships