PET NUTRITION SPECIALIST

Job description

Position: As a Pet Nutrition Specialist you’ll be responsible for completing in-store pet food and non-food customer interactions with shoppers and their pets. You’ll acquire and maintain a high level of knowledge of products represented. In this position, you’ll also intercept consumers and educate, advise, and sell pet products in a professional manner. This position may also include merchandising and stocking of products as needed. You’ll maintain an overall professional appearance consistent with the requirements of the job. If you have a passion for pets and an outgoing personality, then you may have what it takes to join CROSSMARK as a Pet Nutrition Specialist. Specific Skills: Proficient use of a Personal Computer and Tablet or other technological devices, if applicable, and good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Strong, passionate interest in pet well-being and direct experience with pet(s) and/or pet relationships preferred. Ability to work in pet stores, veterinary offices and pet grooming offices or related environments that have dogs, cats, and other animals in close proximity and willingness and ability to touch the pets is required. As needed, ability to lead, guide and mentor peer associates on all essential duties and responsibilities as listed above . Must have reliable transportation and daily access to a computer with internet connection. Knowledge of pets/pet foods is a plus. CROSSMARK is a leading sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry that expertly guides our clients along “The Way to Market” by delivering growth solutions with exceptional service. Our expertise spans the grocery, mass, club, drug, convenience store, and home improvement channels among others, and our solutions bolster our clients’ capabilities for developing best practices, insight analysis, and customer targeting that always hit the mark. We do this by excelling in four key areas – headquarter selling, retail merchandising, store level marketing, and streamlining trade practices. In business for more than 100 years, CROSSMARK employs more than 20,000 associates worldwide in offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, CROSSMARK is a privately owned corporation. Equal Opportunity Employer