Available Classes:

Sales
Management
Human Resources

Russell Training Group has been a training and consulting partner with Pepsi for more than 20 years.  We have delivered hundreds of sales and management programs for Pepsi in all 50 states, and internationally. 

Russell Training Group assists with business reviews to key accounts in supermarket, C/G, theater and restaurant channels.  We have helped in sales presentations on behalf of the Pepsi-Cola Company or it's bottlers to Compass/Canteen, Applebee's, Hooter's, Kroger, Price Chopper and other key accounts in a role combining sales or training.  RTG also represented Pepsi at the National Association of Concessionaires in a full-session presentation. RTG is now conducting Frappuccino and Aquafina blitz training across the United States and Canada.

RTG was named Outstanding Training Vendor by Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers and works repeatedly for G&J Pepsi, Lane Sales, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of New York, Buffalo Rock, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Springfield, IL., and, of course, the COBO folks at Pepsi.

At RTG, we know how to sell to retailers better than anyone else in training, bar-none.  With Pepsi selling skills training from RTG, your people will sell more volume more profitably and have fun doing it.  We can help with strategy development and personnel development as well, providing training and mentoring in areas as diverse as sales team management/leadership, diversity and harassment prevention and front line supervision

Here are some of the Pepsi-specific programs available:

Sales:

  • Advantage Pepsi Way to Sell.  For high or parity markets, using the PARTNER model, sales reps learn how to open, close and ask probing questions to uncover retailer needs.  Participants learn to connect features to benefits to meet retailer needs.  They also learn how to overcome objections effectively and quickly while selling without cutting price. 

  •  Pepsi Way to Sell.  For low-share markets, participants learn the PARTNER model, and how to sell against Coke in tough markets. 

  • Fountain Fundamentals.  Basic training for fountain, including pre-mix, brix, yield, delivery systems, policies, procedures and equipment.  Fountain requires a complex sales approach to meet the needs of the fountain market.  This course uses the PARTNER system customized for fountain.  

  •   NBA (New Business Acquisition).  This class is for the advanced fountain sales representative.  Participants will learn how to identify potential, structure the proposal and capture new accounts.

  • VENDeavor.  With profitability as a goal, 20-ounce cold bottles from full-service vendors are the way.  This class shows the economics, equipment strategies, sales tactics and account qualifications for vending 20-ounce bottles.  

  •   Restaurant Profitability Model.  Selling to on-premise accounts requires an understanding of the unique economics of the foodservice business.  Participants learn how to focus on building profits for the restaurant, rather than just cutting costs.  A field trip brings practical application to the program.

  • Retailer Profitability Model.  Selling to supermarkets and convenience/gas markets is rapidly changing from being relationship-based to numbers-based.  The Retailer Profitability Model is a tool for sales people to understand the numbers retailers look at.  Participants go on a field trip to observe the model in action, and also learn how to effectively present ways Pepsi can move numbers in a way Coke cannot.

  • Store Level Negotiating.  Everything is negotiable.  Learn how to get more while giving up less.  Turn “no” into “yes”.  This course raises the skills of participants in dealing with customers.  Cases studies provide practical application of skills.

Management:

  • The Effective Pepsi Manager.  Your managers will get more from their people by learning how to appeal to each individual’s motivations.  The Can do/Will do tool helps managers identify how to raise the performance of employees, and creates a clear vision of expectations.  Learn the value of team building, delegation and empowerment. 

Human Resources

  • Preventing Sexual Harassment.  Violation of sexual harassment laws can cost a company millions of dollars.  Avoid costly legal hassles by training employees in how to prevent sexual harassment.  This class is presented in an entertaining, yet serious manner that educates participants while holding their attention to this important topic.

  • Managing Legally for Pepsi Bottlers.  How to hire, fire and discipline within the law.  Managers learn how to be effective managers without feeling hamstrung by rules and regulations.

 

For additional information, please contact us.

Russell Training Group, Inc.

10405 Mockingbird Lane
Olathe, KS  66061-2777  
Tel.  (913) 764-8180
Fax  (913) 764-1620