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Sales Representative (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 28 February 2018
Salary fair, but reduces rapidly after 1 year. Benefits excellent but expensive.
Excellent training for outside sales. Some competition from old timer sales agents who have picked the territory cherries. But the biggest problem is the price of almost all products offered. Good service and quality product has a strong value but you can`t demonstrate these positives when your price is anywhere from 50-200% higher than the key players. Management is indifferent to this; likely as they can do nothing about it. Good step off for future sales positions, but be prepared to move on within the first year unless you are hired to take over an existing territory.
Excellent training for outside sales. Some competition from old timer sales agents who have picked the territory cherries. But the biggest problem is the price of almost all products offered. Good service and quality product has a strong value but you can`t demonstrate these positives when your price is anywhere from 50-200% higher than the key players. Management is indifferent to this; likely as they can do nothing about it. Good step off for future sales positions, but be prepared to move on within the first year unless you are hired to take over an existing territory.
Pros
Training, initial remuneration.
Cons
Prices too high.
Skip it
Sales Associate (Former Employee) – Regina, SK – 30 January 2019
Was super excited to start when I was first offered job. Quickly realised after my first two weeks how horrible the pricing structure was. Potential customers quickly lost interest after comparing prices to current suppliers ( and that was lowballing at 10% commision to get in door). Manager support was non existant despite being told there would be strong mentorship, the only time i heard from them was near the end of my time there when i was job hunting for something else and i let my numbers slip. As a Canadian employee there was a huge disconnect from main office in Chicago and it felt like pulling teeth trying to sort things out with them over email or phone for every tiny issue.
I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone UNLESS you are being given ACTIVE accounts and taking over for a departing salesman. Cause building up a new territory is a nightmare with the issues listed.
I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone UNLESS you are being given ACTIVE accounts and taking over for a departing salesman. Cause building up a new territory is a nightmare with the issues listed.
Pros
Make your own Schedual
Cons
Run
Growing company
Warehouse Worker (Former Employee) – Canada – 3 November 2017
it's a good stable company. poor management and typical corporate work politics.they are more on DIPLOMA if you want an advancement right away. they don't appreciate hard workers employees.
Pros
paid time off
Cons
work politics, no advancement
Good for first sales job
Sales Representative (Current Employee) – Greater Toronto Area, ON – 13 March 2017
Not a financially rewarding place to work. This is an intro sales position. Management makes the money, compete against long time agents, decreasing salary over three year period. Minimum car allowance 250/month.
Difficile de s'intégrer
Agent de distribution / Représentant technique (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 5 June 2015
Produits de haute gamme mais non compétitifs par la mise en marché de l'entreprise.
Pros
Produits très performants
Cons
prix exhorbitant difficiles à justifier
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Inventory Coordinator (Current Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 12 July 2013
A typical day starts out with planning, executing and fixing inventory cycle counts. Depending on the day of the week, after counts, I fix primary fixed bins for their min, max and replen. quantity limits, monitor and adjust incoming PO's, product audits and returns processing.