District Manager

Department: Route Sales

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Chillicothe, OH

Description

• SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday approximately 45-55 hours a week.
• BENEFITS: This position is full-time benefit eligible, elective benefits include:
  • Medical, dental, hearing and vision insurance. 
  • Opportunity to contribute to a 401k, company profit sharing. 
  • Paid vacation, holiday and sick time. 
  • Paid Employee referral program. 

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two years’ experience in route sales with Herr Foods or two years managerial experience in a DSD company
• Demonstrated success in ability to forecast future opportunities and problems
• Demonstrated ability to reach goals and objectives by deadlines, with ability to manage operations when performance deviates from plan and execute corrective measures
• Experience in the snack food industry preferred
• Must possess a valid driver's license in the current state of residence with an excellent driving record. 
• All Herr Foods Inc. job offers are contingent upon successfully passing a drug test. 
  • Herr Foods also has a Random Drug Testing program for all active employees

• Frequently driving, sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, squatting, balancing and lifting and reaching using fine manipulation
• Frequently lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Exposed to outside weather elements.

Key Responsibilites

• Prepare district business plans to achieve/meet sales goals and prepare/conduct meetings to communicate outcomes.
• Develop Route sales people to enable them to increase market penetration and development while maintaining a "Safety First" attitude.
• Train route sales employees to provide superior customer service, to continuously build sales profitably to meet branch objectives, and accept and abide by Company procedures and policies.
• Recruiting and retaining a fully staffed and engaged team. Driving the development and career advancement of the route sales employees.
• Identify individual RSP strengths and providing feedback to further enhance them, create success plans identify opportunities for customer service and sales improvement, continuously provide direction, follow-up, and adjustment as needed to assure RSP success.
• Perform Route Sales duties to cover routes during staffing shortages.

• Directly supervises a group of 6-9 route sales employees
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving difficulties.