Route Sales Driver

Company Description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Job Description

Country Fresh Meats™ is a subsidiary company of Jack Link’s Protein Snacks®. Originating in Bevent, WI, we’ve been family owned since 1980. Our current day facility is in Weston, WI., and we proudly service our customers and support national distribution from this small town. 

We have a lot in common with our parent company, Jack Link’s, turning a family recipe into a new snacking category through hard work and dedication to quality. And with an entrepreneurial spirit that makes us unafraid to try new things. And although Jack Link’s is a global company, it is still proudly family owned and operated, remembering its roots in a small town.

We're a company built by innovators and we see every day as an opportunity to move forward, to forge new ground. To realize our vision of becoming the World’s #1 Protein Snack Company and our mission to Feed the Journey, we are driven to succeed and grow. Are you wild enough to join the Country Fresh Meats team?

As a Route Sales Driver, you will service stores in your local area supported with the strategy and resources to change the face of snacking. One of our core values is RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN and people are our #1 priority. We value people who help build the business and, if you want to grow with us, there are opportunities to advance with our fast growing and changing company. This route will be in the Quad Cities Area:

Madison, WI

Rockford, IL

Janesville, WI

Davenport, IA

Peru, IL

Job Description

• Establish an efficient route schedule of stores with accounts in an assigned area.
• Ability to comprehend period sales, programs, and promotions to achieve successful sales, distribution, and placement of products.
• Analyze and explore the market to identify opportunities for new products, service, and shelf space in current and new accounts.
• Ability to handle customer complaints and issues and solve them with assistance of management.
• Maintain and update the condition of in store display units and sales material.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers while establishing good communication to aide in the increase of sales.
• Ability to rotate and maintain accurate inventory of products in store and on truck using the FIFO system.
• Able to use technology, cloud software program (Encompass), to track day to day activities such as: truck inventory, store inventories, product returns, credits and invoices.
• Track expenses in app-based software (Concur).
• Able to manage company vehicle maintenance schedule with direct supervisor.
• Strong time management and organizational skills/ sense of urgency.
• Overnight stay required at company expense
• This position will typically start at 4 am to match our customer’s schedule.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Must possess a valid divers license and have a good driving record
• Ability to safely lift and carry items weighing up to 30 pounds as part of regular job duties.

Additional Information

The hourly rate  range for this role is $17.65 - $24.27(hourly). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:
Jack Link’s is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.  For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:  http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.