Territory Sales Internship - Ottawa, Canada - Instinct

Instinct
Instinct
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Ottawa, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Company Description:

Instinct is a rapidly growing, family-owned marketer and manufacturer of science-based 100% natural pet food for dogs and cats.

Instinct is the Raw Brand, with a mission to get more raw nutrition into every bowl of dogs and cats, for proven healthier and happier long lives.

Our company mission is to
_Empower people to transform the lives of pets_.

We are committed to hiring and developing a team of passionate, performance-oriented professionals who live by our 4 values of championing raw, empowered to make a difference, collaborating as one team, and striving for excellence through continuous learning and improvement.

Our home office is located in St. Louis, Missouri with our Center of Excellence Raw Food kitchens in Lincoln, Nebraska.


Instinct is part of the family-owned group, Agrolimen, who owns leading pet food and human food businesses in the US, China, Europe, and Africa.

This is an Internship opportunity


Position Summary:

This pet passionate individual will represent and 'own' Instinct in the neighborhood pet specialty retailer market (Ottawa and area) and work to continually increase distribution and sales of all Instinct products.

They will meet or exceed territory retail sales objectives and brand initiatives.


Primary Job Responsibilities

  • Manage assigned Sales Territory to achieve sales growth and brand objectives
  • Travel within sales territory to meet retail partners and create compelling business proposals to convey Instinct's point of differentiation and why RAW is the ultimate in Pet Nutrition
  • Conduct calls & facetoface meetings with existing retail stores to identify opportunities for SKU expansion and product placement
  • Research and develop pipeline to open new retail accounts for the Instinct brand
  • Develop bestinclass relationships with retail owners, buyers and store personnel
  • Train retail associates on Instinct products and brand story
  • Create Instinct merchandised displays and utilize appropriate POS materials in store
  • Manage daytoday operations of sales territory, including regular retailer followups
  • Attend and manage associated retailer, consumer and distributor events and trade shows
  • Manage, track and report out sales achievements
  • Maintain activity reporting system (CRM)
  • Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:


  • Excellent communication skills, written and spoken
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Numeric and analytic skills, ability to identify opportunities connecting all data points
  • Knowledge of or aptitude for learning about basic animal nutrition
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Although homebased, this individual will be expected to be in stores 90% of their time

Preferred Experience

  • University Student (year 3, 4 or graduate)
  • Digital/social media savvy

Travel Requirements:


  • Reliable transportation vehicle required and valid driver's license
  • Minimum 4 days in field (weekly) end of day or each morning to conduct pre & postcall analysis
  • Flexible hours based on the needs of the business that may include evening or weekends

Compensation:

- $20/hour and Tiered Sales Bonus - based on sales achievement
- $0.67/km Mileage allowance

  • Cell Phone Allowance
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