Are you a driven and motivated Sales professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, building relationships with customers, collaborating with great internal teams, being innovative to achieve business results? Then join one of the country's top consumer packaged goods companies, Smithfield Foods! We have built a culture that places enormous value on each individual, our animals, the environment and the communities we all share. Smithfield Foods and our Sales teams are consistently evolving and looking for individuals that can help foster relationships and achieve results to impact our bottom line!

As a Sales Team member, your primary responsibility would be introducing and promoting new products to 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-functionally with everyone from Business Management to our Plant Operations to deliver customer service and achieve sales goals. The Store Merchandiser's primary function is to independently promote merchandise and products at various customer sites in accordance with specifications and advise on improvements to shelf positioning to encourage and increase sales. This position also maintains all Point-of-Sales materials and utilizes current flavor schematics for all products.

Merchandising and retail support for all accounts. Execute store sets; work with warehouses for product placement.
• Maintain all Point-of-Sales material.
• Ensure all retail stores have the proper Smithfield and Private Label items on the shelves in order to increase product distribution.
• Assists with promotions and executing advertising campaigns.
• Develop relationships at store, wholesale and manufacturing levels.
• Utilize market data (rankings, sales trends, etc) to improve placement and retail support.
• Coordinate demos and training, to incorporate product knowledge, merchandising and food safety, as necessary.

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.

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 4+ years relevant experience, required.
• 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.
• Customer service and organizational skills
• 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.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Current driver's license and clean record, required.
• Ability to travel 100% of the time.

To learn more about Smithfield's benefits, visit smithfieldfoods.com/careerbenefits.

Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly" and serve as one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies. We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in our U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield, Eckrich and Nathan's Famous, among many others. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com, and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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.