POSITION DESCRIPTION

Role: Sales Representative
Hours: 20 hours per week
Location: Best Buy location 11 Washmill Lake Dr. Halifax, NS + events as required

Company Overview
Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital, and media innovation.

Our mission is to “Earn the World’s Attention.” We are built to find, develop, execute, and amplify ideas that resonate with our clients’ audiences. We are structured to connect perspectives, work across mediums, and focus on delivering meaningful and effective results.

We value people who are collaborative, humble, and hardworking. We believe the right talent and culture help us do what is right for our clients.

Role Overview
Salt is seeking a results driven Sales Representative to represent a leading tech client within a retail environment at Best Buy. This role is ideal for someone passionate about technology, confident in sales, and comfortable in a customer facing setting.

This role is scheduled Thursday through Sunday each week for a total of 20 hours.

As a Sales Representative, you will be responsible for driving product sales, maintaining strong retail relationships, and ensuring in store presence is executed to the highest standard. You will act as a brand expert, educating customers while supporting retail partners through strong communication, organization, and execution.

This position requires a self motivated professional who can work independently, build rapport quickly, and consistently deliver measurable results.

Core Responsibilities

Relationship Management
• Operate independently while professionally representing both Salt and the client
• Act as a brand ambassador within assigned retail locations
• Build and maintain positive relationships with retail managers and store associates
• Serve as the primary in store contact supporting program objectives
• Communicate feedback, insights, and opportunities to management and client teams
• Ensure brand standards and program expectations are consistently upheld

Sales, Reporting and Compliance
• Execute program fundamentals including sales execution and retail compliance
• Consistently achieve or exceed individual sales targets
• Track daily performance metrics and customer engagement outcomes
• Maintain accountability for execution quality and reporting accuracy
• Complete daily reporting and administrative requirements on schedule
• Support promotional initiatives and in store product focus periods
• Ensure planogram compliance and accurate product placement
• Maintain displays to ensure visibility, cleanliness, and brand accuracy

Adaptability and Availability
• Operate with a high degree of independence and accountability as the regional program lead
• Stay informed on new product launches, updates, and training materials
• Demonstrate strong decision making judgment while maintaining structured communication and reporting
• Maintain flexibility including evenings, weekends, and travel as required
• Comfortable working remotely while managing field responsibilities

Experience and Skills
• Previous sales experience required, retail sales experience preferred
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets
• Strong communication and relationship building skills
• Confident presentation, selling, and objection handling abilities
• Passion for technology, computers, or PC gaming is an asset
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask independently
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Reliable transportation to and from assigned retail locations
• Daily access to internet and email for reporting and communication
• Smartphone required for reporting and program communication

What We Stand For
• Salt of the Earth: We lead with humility, honesty, and heart
• Do What’s Right: We choose integrity over ease every time
• Earn Your Salt: We work hard, drive results, and celebrate the journey
• Make Things Better: We look for solutions and smarter ways forward
• Seek Different Perspectives: Diversity fuels thinking and inclusion drives impact

The anticipated rate for this position is $22-$26/hour. Individual compensation within this range is determined based on job-related factors such as experience, skills, level of responsibility, internal equity, and business needs. 
Salt XC is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.    

MUST HAVE:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering within fast-paced, cloud-native environments
• Deep expertise in Python, SQL, Docker, and AWS (S3, Glue, Kinesis, Athena/Presto)
• Experience building and managing scalable ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure
• Familiarity with distributed systems, Spark, and data quality best practices
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to support BI, analytics, and engineering teams

EXPERIENCE: 5+ years of data engineering experience in an AWS-based environment where data powers decision-making across product, marketing, and operations.

YOUR ROLE

Lead scalable data engineering efforts that empower cross-functional teams with reliable, timely, and actionable data, ensuring Launch Potato’s analytics and business intelligence infrastructure fuels strategic growth.

OUTCOMES

• Build and optimize scalable, efficient ETL and data lake processes that proactively catch issues before they impact the business
• Own the ingestion, modeling, and transformation of structured and unstructured data to support reporting and analysis across all business units
• Partner closely with BI and Analytics to deliver clean, query-ready datasets that improve user acquisition, engagement, and revenue growth
• Maintain and enhance database monitoring, anomaly detection, and quality assurance workflows
• Serve as the internal point of contact for reporting infrastructure—delivering ad hoc data analyses and driving consistent data integrity
• Drive adoption and advancement of Looker dashboards by ensuring robust and scalable backend data support
• Contribute to the future of Launch Potato’s data team by mentoring peers and shaping a high-performance, quality-first engineering culture

COMPETENCIES

• Data Engineering Mastery: Demonstrates technical excellence in building data pipelines, troubleshooting distributed systems, and scaling infrastructure using AWS and open-source tools
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Communicates clearly across technical and non-technical teams, translating business needs into robust data solutions
• Proactive Ownership: Operates with a strong sense of accountability; identifies and solves data issues independently and efficiently
• Quality-Driven Execution: Holds a high bar for data accuracy, auditability, and documentation throughout all systems and workflows
• Strategic Thinking: Anticipates how data infrastructure impacts wider company OKRs and proactively suggests improvements and innovations
• Growth Mindset: Seeks out opportunities to elevate team capabilities, mentor others, and stay ahead of evolving best practices in data engineering

MUST HAVE:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering within fast-paced, cloud-native environments
• Deep expertise in Python, SQL, Docker, and AWS (S3, Glue, Kinesis, Athena/Presto)
• Experience building and managing scalable ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure
• Familiarity with distributed systems, Spark, and data quality best practices
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to support BI, analytics, and engineering teams

EXPERIENCE: 5+ years of data engineering experience in an AWS-based environment where data powers decision-making across product, marketing, and operations.

YOUR ROLE

Lead scalable data engineering efforts that empower cross-functional teams with reliable, timely, and actionable data, ensuring Launch Potato’s analytics and business intelligence infrastructure fuels strategic growth.

OUTCOMES

• Build and optimize scalable, efficient ETL and data lake processes that proactively catch issues before they impact the business
• Own the ingestion, modeling, and transformation of structured and unstructured data to support reporting and analysis across all business units
• Partner closely with BI and Analytics to deliver clean, query-ready datasets that improve user acquisition, engagement, and revenue growth
• Maintain and enhance database monitoring, anomaly detection, and quality assurance workflows
• Serve as the internal point of contact for reporting infrastructure—delivering ad hoc data analyses and driving consistent data integrity
• Drive adoption and advancement of Looker dashboards by ensuring robust and scalable backend data support
• Contribute to the future of Launch Potato’s data team by mentoring peers and shaping a high-performance, quality-first engineering culture

COMPETENCIES

• Data Engineering Mastery: Demonstrates technical excellence in building data pipelines, troubleshooting distributed systems, and scaling infrastructure using AWS and open-source tools
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Communicates clearly across technical and non-technical teams, translating business needs into robust data solutions
• Proactive Ownership: Operates with a strong sense of accountability; identifies and solves data issues independently and efficiently
• Quality-Driven Execution: Holds a high bar for data accuracy, auditability, and documentation throughout all systems and workflows
• Strategic Thinking: Anticipates how data infrastructure impacts wider company OKRs and proactively suggests improvements and innovations
• Growth Mindset: Seeks out opportunities to elevate team capabilities, mentor others, and stay ahead of evolving best practices in data engineering