ambassadeur de marque

retail sales associate

merchandiseur

sales representative

field representative

Acosta

What is the best part of working at the company?
Planning your own route and starting work at whatever time works for you. I like an early day so I would aim to start at 7am and be done by 3pm. Driving around passes a fair bit of time during the day. You will be doing a lot of driving

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with store managers who don't want to cooperate with the merchandisers. You can quickly sour a business connection by not being aware of what's allowed and not allowed at their store 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You spend most of the day driving store to store and making sure product is on the shelf front faced. Sometimes you are able to build a display but this is not as frequent as some jobs

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Drive to first store, clock in, you are now on the clock. Talk to person working, ask about sales of product, make product on shelf look presentable. Drive to next store, go to receiving, look for product, bring out on the floor, pack out and front face, talk to department manager ask about sales and room for displays, drive to next store.  Repeat until day is done. Plan route to minimize driving at the start and end of shift as you are not paid for those drives.

Enjoyed visiting the stores and working with the Managers/Owners promoting our Client's product.  Loved travelling to my territories as I love to drive (Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton, Miramichi and Amherst).  I was permitted to work on my own with the support of a great Territory Manager who worked out of our Atlantic home office.

The Atlantic reps (2) and the Ontario reps met each year in the spring in Toronto to hear the latest on the newest innovation by our clients and to touch base on our weekly routines with our supervisors.

The job was very enjoyable and I loved the independence given to me.  I met some great people over the past 7 1/2 years.

Tasks:
• Manage an account portfolio of medium to large sized CPG customers including National Accounts
• Fixing sales forecasts and targets to achieve
• Building strong professional relationships with external partners
• Constantly seeking for sales opportunities in the CPG industry
• Maintaining growth strategies for customers 

Major Success:
• Achieving a 12,5% growth vs previous year with the ArmorAll products at Canac Marquis
• Carrying a $350k Johnson & Jonhson business at Distribution Variétés Prud'homme to an half
million dollars business with a limited budget in less than 2 years (43% growth)
• Increasing the ArmorAll sales by $230k accross the Rona national network (145% growth vs
previous year)
• Finishing FY14 with at least a 10% growth for 80% of the total clients considering flat market

What is the best part of working at the company?
Freedom and flexibility, set your own schedule, work when you want as long as deadlines are met. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Overlapping tasks especially during long weekends can make meeting deadlines difficult. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Remote / dispersed work, environment depends on the store you're in. Supportive, team-oriented culture, that encourages autonomy with little micromanaging. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Determine which tasks to do, go to assigned stores, collect data.

You get to work independently from the rest of your actual coworkers, and do most communication through a company provided iPad. My actual work consisted mostly of dealing with customers and working with staff for other locations which occasionally caused friction, But talking to my superiors about any issues generally got them resolved. At one point the entire AB branch was gathered with accommodation and food paid for. The hours are also very stable, with occasional offers for extra hours attending local events.

Very poor compensation vehicle maintenance. The only compensation I got was milage at under 0.40$/km. 

I will say that the management was okay. Unfortunately I felt as though they were kept of the loop on a lot of things that rep as well and communication was filtered down to the reps level as is should have been. 
There is definitely no room for advancement within this company and I had one colleague confide to me that in the 12 years he worked there he never got a promotion or a pay increase other then a cost of living. It’s an okay entry level job but not a career.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Setting my own schedule 
Not physically taxing 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Terrible communication 
No sensible direction 


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Confusing,  no consistency or sense of reason behind decisions of upper management 


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Driving from store call to store call . .
Complete audits

Job is actually fun once you’ve received the supplies you need to actually do your job. Training is by a manager located in ON so hard to train or have coaching when it’s a FaceTime call. A lot of information to absorb and definitely fighting a battle to get product placement with tariffs now on the products. Hours weren’t enough to actually be able to hit your targets so it’s easy to become frustrated with a big territory but extremely limited hours you are allowed to work. 

One of the aspects that I appreciate most about Acosta is the culture of collaboration and teamwork. My colleagues have always been approachable, supportive, and willing to share their knowledge and expertise. This has not only allowed me to perform my job efficiently but has also facilitated my personal and professional growth.


This is a large Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) broker with a multitude of recognizable brand name clients. They support retail operations for more clients that are #1 or #2 in their respective markets than any other brokerage in North America. It is a wide ranging company from coast to coast in Canada and along the eastern seaboard of the USA. 

The hardest part of the job is the constant learning about the new products the clients bring to market.

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