Key Account Representative

Avidity Careers; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Fuel card

Flexible working policies

23 days annual leave + bank holidays

Life assurance

Job summary

McCurrach, part of Avidity, is hiring a Key Account Representative to cover Leatherhead, Caterham, Woking, Kingston & Redhill. The role focuses on building relationships with key decision makers in forecourt, convenience and grocery channels to drive sales and ensure product availability and compliance.

You will educate staff and decision makers on our client’s portfolio, manage your territory, and contribute to delivering client sales and marketing strategies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Field sales experience is essential.
• Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders.
• Experience managing stakeholders and building relationships at decision-maker level.
• Excellent time management and territory planning abilities.
• Self-motivated with a results-driven mindset.
• Full UK driving licence (no more than 6 points, no bans).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with key decision makers in forecourt, convenience & grocery channels.
• Drive sales by educating staff and decision makers on the client’s product portfolio and ensuring product availability and compliance.

Skills

Field sales experience

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Territory planning

Self-motivated & results driven

Valid UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

Are you a natural at building relationships? Do you love a target? Looking for your next challenge?

Key Account Representative / Territory Manager

Territory Covers: Leatherhead, Caterham, Woking, Kingston & Redhill (Ideal Location KT22)

Permanent, Full time

Salary: £27,500 - £29,000 per annum, plus performance related bonus, company car, fuel card (plus other fantastic benefits)

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team working with 1 of the top 4 global tobacco companies (British American Tobacco). Working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment your role is to support our client in delivering their key sales and marketing strategies.

As a Key Account Representative you'll take responsibility for building and maintaining strong relationships with key decision makers within the forecourt, organised convenience & grocery channel. Day to day you will be helping drive sales through educating staff & key decision makers on our client’s product portfolio and ensuring products are available and compliant.

About Us

McCurrach is part of Avidity, the parent company of a group of sales and marketing agencies (McCurrach, Standout, Wave, Thumbprint & Zing).

We increase sales at the point of purchase. We are a leading field sales and marketing agency that help brands sell more through a multi-faceted approach. We work with household names across various industries and are dedicated to delivering an outstanding service and optimising results.

Be yourself and grow, have your voice heard, and develop your career with flexible working policies and an abundance of opportunity with a sustainable, forward-thinking agency.

What We’re Looking For

We are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following skills and experience, but if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply - you might be just the right person for our team.

• Experience working in field sales or similar role


• Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders


• Stakeholder management experience


• Excellent time management and territory planning ability


• Be self-motivated and results-driven


• A full UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)

Nice to Have

• Merchandising or POS execution experience


• Direct selling skills

What You’ll Get in Return – Benefits and Perks

At McCurrach, we recognise that people are the key to our success. That’s why our benefits package is designed to offer continuous support, learning and development opportunities delivered by our in-house L&D team, support your wellbeing and work-life balance.

Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary and remuneration: annual pay reviews, performance bonuses and early pay access


• Transport: Company vehicle and fuel card


• Flexible working policies: SMART working options for all staff members and no weekend working


• Flexible annual leave entitlement: 23 days paid holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to purchase 5 additional annual leave days


• Family friendly policies: enhanced sick pay, maternity/paternity leave, carers leave and parental leave


• Health and Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, including 6 face-to-face counselling sessions, wellness taskforce, community of mental health first aiders and wellness workshops


• Learning and development: PDR objectives, mentorship, career development plans, access to internal vacancies across all our Group Agencies


• Additional perks: discounted private healthcare, retail discounts, daily lunch allowance and life assurance