Sales and Marketing Specialist

Job description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage with prospective and existing agencies, end customers and consumers in a professional and friendly manner.
• Grow the volume of transactions and increase profitability, visit ALL agents in assigned territory.
• Dress agent locations according to brand standards.
• Participate in the development of promotional programs.
• Actively engage with consumers at agents’ location, set up in-store promotional events and other marketing initiatives to promote the brand.
• Assist with marketing and promotional activities such as massive events, trade shows, grass root events, festivals, fairs, or parades.
• Perform some activities related to our rewards program, training agencies, helping end customers to enroll, and promote the program.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Department in some market research activities.
• Communicate market conditions to the Marketing Department and the local Sales Team; report agency needs, monitor competitive pricing and exchange rates, collaborate with market research activities, report any relevant information about the industry.
• Review the production numbers daily (remote access to the system will be made available) and watch for red flags. Any agent whose volume has decreased from one month to the next or whose growth is inconsistent with the regional trend or company goals for the area must be immediately contacted, visited, and put back on track.
• Respond to any shifts in market conditions swiftly and resolve issues before they become problematic or detrimental to growth.
• Coordinate with and maintain open lines of communication with other departments.
• Work with the marketing department on other projects that may be implemented.
• Maintain and/or repair equipment, install software.
• Participate in credit and collection effort

Qualifications:

• Fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bi-Lingual English/Spanish
• Excellent presentation skills, verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated team player with a strong desire for success
• Experience in the money transfer industry is a plus

Working Conditions:

• This position will work remotely at agency locations, traveling 99% of the time around the assigned area.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends according to the needs of the business.
• Must wear a company branded shirt and wear professional attire all the time.

Information Security Responsibilities

• Read, acknowledge and comply with Viamericas Staff Information Security Policy via the Information Security training portal.  This should be done within 30 days of hire and repeated annually.
• Attend periodic Information Security training provided by Viamericas’.
• Report any event that might be an Information Security Incident: clicked on a malicious link, downloaded and opened a suspicious file, etc.

Benefits Include:

• Major medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• Life and Disability insurance
• Vacation
• 9 Sick Days
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401k with Employer Match
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Hybrid work environment/flexible schedule