Field Sales Category Representative - EBS

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company car & fuel card

Performance bonus up to 15%

Career development opportunities

Health, wellbeing and financial guides

Holiday accrual linked to service

Job summary

Field Sales Solutions, a leading field marketing agency, seeks a Category Development Manager for a 12-month maternity cover. You’ll drive category growth for Oral B, Olay, and Braun across stores in the UK, delivering strong in-store execution and retailer relationships.

You’ll train store teams, analyse performance with Field View, and push availability and compliance to maximise revenue in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building and consultative mindset.
• Experience in category development to grow sales.
• Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
• Understanding of category management and negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Execute category strategy to high standards across stores.
• Influence in-store availability through collaboration with teams.
• Ensure back-of-house processes and system compliance.
• Improve inventory accuracy via stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain EBS fixtures to planograms, SELs and capacities.
• Be the main contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun and build store relationships.
• Conduct business reviews with store managers to drive growth.
• Use Field View to analyse performance and identify opportunities.
• Share category insights and data to drive engagement and results.
• Deliver high-quality training on products and initiatives.

Skills

Excellent organisation

Strong communication

Relationship-building

Negotiation skills

Category development

Grocery/high-street retail knowledge

Category management understanding

Self-motivated and resilient

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?

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:

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?

• £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

• 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.