{"id":112362,"date":"2026-09-17T19:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/sales-development-associate-i\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:28:31","slug":"sales-development-associate-i","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/sales-development-associate-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Development Associate I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Functional Area:<\/strong> Sales<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wells Enterprises is looking for a\u00a0highly motivated Spring 2027 college graduate to join our Sales Development Program. The Sales Development Associate I will develop a foundational understanding of being a salesperson at Wells. In year one, you will manage a territory and deliver on KPIs while building the skills and behaviors necessary to advance to other assignments\/rotations within the Sales organization. Rotation two will be on our Category Management\/Sales Analytics team. Rotation three will most likely be in a Business Development\/Account Sales role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Do<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manages a sales territory with a mix of Chain Grocery Stores, Walmart&#8217;s and Independent Stores. Responsible for delivering on KPI&#8217;s (call frequency\/calls per day\/displays\/etc).<\/li>\n<li>Develop a foundational understanding of the role of a front-line salesperson at Wells, merchandising, utilize tools and resources, and KPI&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Effectively completes requirements at each store call including: verify pricing and distribution, scanning out-of-stocks and low inventory, reload inventory, complete out-of-stock form, review upcoming promotions and out-of-stocks with frozen manager, complete store insights as requested, secure and build incremental displays and face remaining product.<\/li>\n<li>Utilizes Store Call Database (SCDB) tool and other tools for tracking and reporting. Effectively completes all required district reports such as store audits, out of stocks and expense reports, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Establishes strong customer relationships through regular store visits and interaction with key store personnel. Ensures follow-up on any issues or discrepancies.<\/li>\n<li>Gains exposure to and inters with Business Development Managers, Sales Rep II&#8217;s and other sales support functions within Wells. Observes BDMs and Rep II&#8217;s in account calls. Assists in call preparation, execution and follow-up.<\/li>\n<li>Actively participates in Corporate and functional skill development training throughout Sales Operations rotation. Applies learnings in day-to-day work where appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Bring<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelors degree required in Business, Finance, Sales, Marketing or similar field; analytics coursework.<\/li>\n<li>1-2 years of sales experience and analytical experience preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills, problem solving, follow-through, business acumen, analytical skills, curiosity, decision making, customer service, attention to detail, professionalism, building relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work independently, self-starter, self-motivated, must be able to relocate multiple times, think on feet, strong desire to advance.<\/li>\n<li>Reports to \u2013 Region Manager<\/li>\n<li>Direct Reports \u2013 None<\/li>\n<li>Indirect Reports \u2013 None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wells Enterprises is an EEO\/AA employer M\/F\/Vet\/Dis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_ch_employer_id":"112359","_ch_external_id":"11455488","_ch_location_state":"","_ch_location_city":"","_ch_is_ocr_job":"","_ch_expiration_date":"2026-10-17","_ch_apply_link":"https:\/\/monmouth.joinhandshake.com\/jobs\/11455488\/share_preview"},"ch_stakeholder":[],"ch_class_year":[],"ch_job_category":[86],"ch_career_skill":[],"ch_industry":[53],"class_list":["post-112362","ch_job","type-ch_job","status-publish","hentry","ch_job_category-full-time","ch_industry-communication-marketing-arts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job\/112362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ch_job"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ch_stakeholder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_stakeholder?post=112362"},{"taxonomy":"ch_class_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_class_year?post=112362"},{"taxonomy":"ch_job_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job_category?post=112362"},{"taxonomy":"ch_career_skill","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_career_skill?post=112362"},{"taxonomy":"ch_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_industry?post=112362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}