MarketSource Leveraged Retail Field Representative, Bentonville AR (3874) Job in Bentonville 72712, Arkansas Us
For 35 years, mid-sized and large firms have trusted MarketSource’s sales and marketing outsourced services to accelerate their revenue growth and control costs. MarketSource designs and deploys field sales and marketing teams in just weeks while simultaneously generating sales.
MarketSource Leveraged Retail Field Representative
MarketSource is a premier field sales, training, and merchandising firm that delivers innovative and customized retail solutions for leading consumer technology manufacturers.
MarketSource specializes in representing top manufacturers of wireless, consumer electronics and various computer products by providing professional sales, training, and merchandising teams. These teams deliver these services within various consumer electronics retail chains throughout the US and Canada. MarketSource is focused on building and executing successful retail programs. We create programs that deliver results for our clients and retail partners.
This Retail Field Representative position will be specialized in Training and Brand Advocacy, Assisted Sales, and Merchandising. It is at the forefront of MarketSource’s Sales and Marketing efforts to support clients’ sales at the retail store level. The qualified individual must possess a strong passion for success, an abundance of ENERGY and is committed to delivering superior service and performance for our clients. The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, goal oriented and a team player excited to learn and grow as a member of the MarketSource Retail team. Additionally, the candidate must be able to comfortably explain and educate consumers and retail sales associates, and make product recommendations. Field Representatives must be able to make quality sales presentations and demonstrations to consumers for increased sales results, in additional to accurate execution of merchandising objectives as directed by our clients.
Requirements:
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining professional business relations with retail store personnel
- Duties include creating consumer awareness, product brand preference, and product mind share for hardware and software companies at the retail store level through training, assisted sales, and merchandising
- Ability to influence others to share enthusiasm for both the company and the product line
- Position requires gathering client product competitive intelligence at the store level
- Effectively collect and communicate product information/data through appropriate channels
- Ability to visually assess on-site needs i.e., product and promotional/marketing material, stocking
- Meet a required 24-hour reporting deadline
- Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
- 1 to 2 years previous consumer electronics sales, a plus
Skills and Requirements:
- Good knowledge and experience with consumer electronics, computer components and various other consumer-based electronics products
- Technically savvy and computer proficient
- Previous experience with building, taking apart and putting back together computers, a plus
- Possess a high level of energy
- Access to internet for email correspondence and report submissions
- Must have the willingness and ability to build relationships at the retail store level on behalf of both MarketSource and our clients
- Professional image and approach to business
- Friendly demeanor, easy to approach, energetic
- Group training, demonstrating or presentation experience
- Retail sales or retail management is a plus
- Quick learner who is self motivated
- Ability to self-train on client product(s)
- Possess a high degree of initiative, exercises judgment and exhibits a high level of creativity
- Positive, flexible and focused, with an emphasis on a can do, hands on approach and philosophy
- Ability to operate independently and proactively
- Need to be self motivated, confident and professional when dealing with both internal and external audiences such as consumers, clients, and retail partners as well as MarketSource Leadership
- Employment contingent on successfully completing background and drug screen.
- Must be eligible to work in USA
Physical Job Requirements:
- Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items
- Requires the ability to move around the store and maneuver merchandise when necessary
- Walking and Standing
- Requires moving around the store to assist Consumers
- Identifying and reading reports
- Requires recognizing, identifying and using products and necessary reports
MarketSource offers competitive compensation, excellent growth opportunity and comprehensive
benefits for full time employees, including medical, dental and vision.
EOE