Job Title: News Vendor
Department: Newspaper Sales
Responsible to: Retail Development Co-ordinator

Main Objectives:

• To increase the Retail copies of the Echo via our Vendor operation.
• To manage your vendor operation professionally.
• To be responsible for developing customer loyalty.
• To be aware, at all times, of changes to the market place.
• To be a team player whilst still retaining the ability to operate individually.
• To act as an ambassador for the Company in all your dealings with the public.

Job Requirements:

• To provide a reliable and efficient service to all customers on your allocated area, on a daily basis.
• To complete and maintain accurate customer payments.
• Following collection, all money to be banked immediately.

Responsibilities:

In order to achieve the above job requirements the news vendor must:

• To ensure you are in position on your pitch on time every day.
• To ensure bills are displayed every day.
• To ensure that you have enough supply of newspapers to last the whole day.
• Keep monies out of sight of the public.
• To be smart in appearance, wearing company uniform provided.
• All unsolds to be recorded on return sheets.
• To ensure all monies are correct and banked within the required time scales

This job description summarises the main aspect of the job, but it does not cover all the duties that the jobholder may be required to perform. Therefore, the job description is a minimum standard. It is not a statement of all that the job does or may entail. It is not intended to restrict the scope of the job but clearly to define its starting point.

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