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In this developmental role, you will work under the guidance of the Associate Manager, Sales Planning and Execution, gaining hands-on experience in executing retail and sales strategies within an assigned territory. As a Retail Territory Sales Associate, you will nurture long-term relationships with key retail partners while learning the fundamentals of effective sales planning and territory management. This role is developmental and designed as a rotational experience. Candidates should be open to taking on future rotational assignments across the organization to broaden their skill set, deepen business acumen, and build cross-functional capabilities in preparation for long-term career growth within the sales function and company.

Your Story.

In this developmental role, you will work under the guidance of the Associate Manager, Sales Planning and Execution, gaining hands-on experience in executing retail and sales strategies within an assigned territory. As a Retail Territory Sales Associate, you will nurture long-term relationships with key retail partners while learning the fundamentals of effective sales planning and territory management.

This role is developmental and designed as a rotational experience. Candidates should be open to taking on future rotational assignments across the organization to broaden their skill set, deepen business acumen, and build cross-functional capabilities in preparation for long-term career growth within the sales function and company.

The territory covers Sheboygan County, the Milwaukee metro area, and Northeast Illinois. To effectively support the territory, candidates should reside in the Milwaukee metro area or Sheboygan County.

Your Passion. Our Culture.

At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you.  Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family.  At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company.  You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career.  With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality.  If you’re ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Remote ½ day Fridays
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store
• Must live within Sheboygan County or Milwaukee Metro area.
• Must have a valid driver's license with satisfactory driving record and insurance.

What You Do.

• Supports tactical execution of appropriate Sales and Merchandising plans and activities to aid the achievement of annual objectives and maintain Sargento’s merchandising standards of excellence.
• Responsible for effective store route coverage to achieve sales objectives for assigned market or account base.
• Make appropriate retail store service calls to establish new or deepen existing customer relationships to support achievement of short and long-term corporate strategies and objectives.
• Continuously review market and account base to identify market or customer opportunities, competitive threats, and/or opportunities for new or different ways of doing business to meet customer needs and help achieve corporate objectives. 
• Supports Associate Manager Sales Planning & Execution in engaging key customer stakeholders to present and/or implement customer activities.
• Develop/recommend strategies designed to improve the overall efficiency of the territory and/or business activities.
• Lead special projects specific to sales and merchandising corporate initiatives.
• Demonstrate flexibility and openness to future role rotations designed to build breadth of experience and accelerate development.
• Attend frequent developmental training and exposure opportunities.

• Be able to travel overnight as needed.
• Must maintain a reliable personal vehicle; a car allowance will be provided to support travel within the assigned territory.

Your Education and Experience.

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university
• 1-3 years consumer products retail and/or sales experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google applications.

Our Story.

With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of nearly $1.8 billion, Sargento is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years.  We created the world’s first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses.  Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces.  Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.

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