Field Sales Category Representative - EBS

Field Sales Solutions; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£28,700 base salary

Up to 15% performance bonus

Company car & fuel card

Career development opportunities

Incentive programmes incl. retailer</n

Job summary

Field Sales Solutions is seeking a Category Development Manager on a fixed-term maternity cover, responsible for a wide tier of key accounts across BA1-BA14 and BS postcodes. You will be the face of Oral B, Olay and Braun in stores, delivering category strategies and strong relationships with store teams.

You will influence availability, manage stock accuracy, and ensure planogram compliance while delivering training and insights to support regional growth.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
• Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
• Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
• Understanding of category management.
• Self-motivated and resilient with results focus.

Responsibilities

• Execute the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
• Influence availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
• Ensure robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
• Improve inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Ensure EBS fixtures are compliant to planograms (SELs, facings, capacities).
• Act as the key contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun, building strong store relationships.
• Conduct business reviews with store managers to drive growth.
• Use Field View to analyse performance and create actionable plans.
• Share category insights and trends to drive engagement and results.
• Deliver high-quality training to store colleagues on products and category knowledge.

Skills

Excellent organisation

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Consultative mindset

Category development

Grocery/high-street retail knowledge

Full UK driving licence

Eligibility to work in the UK

Job description

Please note: This vacancy is a Fixed-Term Contract (approx. 12 months) for Maternity Cover.

Field Sales Solutions has an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning business as a Category Development Manager, working with some iconic brands Oral B, Olay & Braun (Procter & Gamble).

Are you driven, articulate and thrive on making things happen?

If you love being out in the field, influencing results and taking real ownership of a category, this could be the role for you.

About us

Field Sales Solutions are a leading field marketing agency, proud to be a three-time winner of the FMBE Field Marketing Agency of the Year Award. We partner with some of the UK s most exciting and recognisable brands, delivering standout in-store execution that drives growth.

We re now looking for a passionate and commercially focused individual to become a category expert within Electrical, Beauty & Skincare growing sales, improving availability, educating store teams and delivering irresistible execution in store.

The Role

Territory Covered: BA1, BA2, BA4, BA11, BA12, BA14, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9, BS13, BS16, BS21, BS22, BS23, BS24, BS30, BS32, BS34, BS37, BS39, SN14, SN15

As part of our Perfect Store Team, you ll be the face of Oral B, Olay & Braun within your stores, driving performance across your territory by:

• Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
• Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
• Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
• Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Ensuring EBS fixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
• Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
• Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
• Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
• Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
• Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.

What we re looking for

• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
• Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
• Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
• Understanding of category management.
• A self-motivated, resilient individual who thrives on achieving results.
• Full UK driving licence and eligibility to work in the UK.

What s in it for you?

In return for joining Field Sales Solutions, we offer a competitive and rewarding package:

• £28,700 salary
• Up to 15% performance-related bonus
• Company car & fuel card
• Clear career development opportunities
• Incentive programmes, including retailer discount schemes
• Health, wellbeing and financial guidance support
• Holiday accrual linked to length of service

Our values

At Field Sales Solutions, our values guide everything we do:

• Partnership Transparent, collaborative and focused on shared success
• Return Driving activity that delivers a positive ROI
• Ownership Accountable, purposeful and proactive
• Upstanding Honest, ethical and professional
• Determined Resilient, focused and driven to succeed

We are PROUD to be Field Sales Solutions.