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A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We're an $18 billion U.S. food company with nearly 60,000 employees worldwide. We're looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Join our family today. Apply Now!

Our team members receive industry-competitive salaries and are eligible for great benefits packages:

• Competitive Pay: $43,500-$63,800 annually

• Annual Bonus Earning Potential

• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More

• Education benefit available to full and part time Smithfield team members on their first day of employment.

In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth, professional development, and tuition assistance.

As a Sales Team member, your primary responsibility would be introducing and placing new products with customers, executing organizational initiatives, and driving sales on key items with strategic customers for long-term growth. Whether it is bacon, ham, fresh pork or another product category you will work directly with the customers and cross-functional with everyone from Business Management to our Plant Operations to deliver the service and products to our customers and consumers.

This position's primary function is to merchandise and stock products at various customer sites in accordance with specifications; replenish store freezers from back-room inventory, improve shelf positioning and increase product display space. This position also ensures retail price tags are displayed; maintains all Point-of-Sales materials and utilizes current flavor schematics for all products. Maintains a neat and orderly back room and establish rapport/credibility with store personnel. Follow established route list, keep route materials up to date and demonstrate sound safety practices. Typically calls on and makes recommendations to grocery supervisors and writes orders within an assigned geographic area.

• Check code dates on processed meats and confirms retail prices.

• Ensure all retail stores have the proper Smithfieldprocessed items on the shelves in order to increase product distribution.

• Ensure all retail stores have the proper private label processed items on the shelves in order to increase private label distribution.

• Call on assigned stores on a weekly basis.

• Communicate product and specification changes to the Meat Department manager in order to improve and maintain communication with any marketing programs.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university, and 2+ years relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Knowledge of Spreadsheet, Word Processing, and Sales software.

• Planning, organization, and execution skills

• Strong oral and written language skills.

• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to travel 75% of the time.

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment. - Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

EEO/AA Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.

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