Retail Execution Specialist - Cincinnati, OH

Join Team BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition (BASN) for an Exciting Career in Sports and Active Hydration!

BODYARMOR is seeking an Retail Execution Specialist (RES) to join our team in Cincinnati, Ohio. If you are passionate about joining the biggest underdog fight in the history of consumer-packaged goods, this is your chance. Our Retail Execution Team is dedicated to becoming #1 in Sports Hydration by bringing our brand's OBSESSION to life in-store.

As a RES, you will serve as the ultimate ambassador for BODYARMOR and POWERADE. Your responsibilities will include amplifying the presence of our fan and athlete-loved brands on shelves and displays, focusing on execution, merchandising, and upselling. Your role will be crucial in driving sales growth within your assigned territory. If you are interested in a career where sales, insights, sports, and creativity intersect, you've come to the right place. At BASN, we encourage you to think BIG and Dream Bigger!

• Sales Growth and Merchandising: Identify and capitalize on opportunities to grow the base business, increase sales, optimize display space, and improve productivity while maintaining excellent customer service.
• Creative Display Management: Assist with the installation and maintenance of creative displays aligned with branding initiatives, creating disruption points throughout the store to engage consumers with our brands.
• Brand Ambassadorship: Actively interact with store personnel and consumers to provide in-depth product knowledge and insights, ensuring a positive brand experience.
• Program Execution: Efficiently execute all sales programs and initiatives, including selling-in promotional programs, ensuring customer compliance, and achieving maximum brand potential.
• Collaboration: Partner with Coca-Cola Merchandisers and the BASN Field team to execute sales and merchandising plans effectively, maintain product inventory levels, minimize out-of-stocks, and uphold company merchandising standards.
• Customer Insights: Gather and report customer needs, problems, interests, and competitive activities, providing valuable input to internal teams for continuous improvement and increased customer goodwill.
• Territory Account Maintenance: Handle tasks such as checking date codes, managing account adherence to plan-o-grams, replacing decals or tags, and transporting, building, and maintaining point-of-sale advertising and coupons for territory accounts as needed.
• Technology Utilization: Utilize company-provided technology for real-time daily reporting, analyze reports, and leverage insights to drive success in-store.

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience preferred
• Entry-level applicants with a willingness to learn will be considered; candidates with 0-2 years' experience in sales, merchandising, marketing, or customer service are encouraged to apply
• Strong selling skill set and ability to influence store/ownership personnel through fact-based data selling, problem solving, and creative thinking
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently within a large territory and multitask across a large number of stores
• Strong interpersonal and time-management skills; ability to effectively communicate successes, challenges, and opportunities, verbally and in writing, cross-functionally and through all levels of management
• Entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm for our brands and their purpose
• Must be able to lift upwards of 25-50 lbs with frequent bending, reaching, and kneeling to support product display building and events
• Occasional off-hours/weekend work, as needed
• Must have a personal vehicle, maintain an excellent driving record, and hold a valid driver's license for use during work hours; willingness to drive throughout the territory is essential, including the ability to drive long distances as needed
• Motor Vehicle Records must satisfy company standards per Driving Policy
• Salary Range: $45,000-$57,000 (base pay dependent on location)