Pre-Sale Account Manager, PepsiCo

>> My name is Kevin Manning [assumed spelling]. I'm a presale account manager for PepsiCo. And my role entails going out into various accounts that we have that are customers of our company that by Pepsi product, and going in and making sure the product is moving that we're selling the numbers that we want to hit. You know cutting in new innovative products so we're always coming out with new things in our line, so I want to go in there and build relationships with the store managers and see if we can't get that new product in their store, so in a nut shell that's what I do. So a busy day is you have 20 accounts that you're scheduled to service or call on, which means 20 different stores that you need to go out to make contact with the manage. You need to go in there and make sure that the product is looking good on the shelves, and that displays are built and everything that's on ad for that week, or on sale is being displayed properly and we have enough product there, so we're going to be able to handle that sale. If it's moving quicker you might need to order more, so a busy day could be you know the holidays, summer holidays- Memorial weekend, July 4th, you know celebrations. We're going to be going into 20 or more stores and you're going in and you're stocking shelves; you're helping out the delivery drivers. You're working with the managers and you're making sure things are looking nice an neat and you try to do all that and you're on a time schedule you've got to get your next account, because they want you to hit all 20 or 30 accounts in that day. And they may not all be within a close proximity to each other, so you might have to travel a little bit to do that. So it's very hectic, very face paced you're constantly on the move you know, and I would say holiday weekends are usually the busiest for us in soda sales.