Field Sales Executive - On Trade

Thatchers Cider; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cider-making company is seeking a motivated Field Sales Executive based in East Anglia. This full-time permanent position involves visiting on-trade premises to increase brand presence and distribution of their premium ciders. Responsibilities include identifying new opportunities, enhancing customer engagement, and building strong relationships with key customers. Ideal candidates should have experience in field sales or working with on-trade customers, along with strong communication and organisational skills. Competitive salary, bonuses, and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Enhanced bonus structure

Comprehensive benefits including company car

Discounts in our cider shop

Thatchers training and development programme

Qualifications

• Experience working in the on-trade with on-trade customers or field sales role is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Grow territory through identifying new opportunities for product distribution.
• Enhance customer engagement through tours, tastings, events, and product placement.
• Build relationships with route to market partners and key customers.
• Occasionally undertake overnight stays.

Skills

Pro-active

Resilient

Relationship/rapport building skills

Presentation and communication skills

Strong organisation skills

Analytical and numerate

Flexible to meet the needs of the business

Good level of IT literacy

Full, valid driving license

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity here at Thatchers for a Field Sales Executive who is based in and around East Anglia (Cambridge/Norfolk/Ipswich). This is a full-time permanent position which will require you to visit on-trade premises and help our customers to sell more cider. We are looking for a motivated and flexible person to increase brand presence of our premium ciders.

Responsibilities

• Grow your territory through identifying new opportunities, to increase volume through product distribution within existing and new customers.
• Enhance customer/consumer engagement through tours, tastings, events, product placement and POS.
• Build relationships with route to market partners and key customers.
• Occasionally undertake overnight stays as part of your role.

Qualifications

Ideally, you will have experience working in the on-trade with on-trade customers, and/or have experience of working in a field sales role.

Skills

• Pro-active
• Resilient
• Relationship/rapport building skills
• Presentation and communication skills
• Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage your time
• Analytical and numerate
• Flexible to meet the needs of the business
• Good level of IT literacy
• Full, valid driving license

Established in 1904 by William John Thatcher, we have grown into one of the top cider-making businesses in the world. Now in the fifth generation of family cider makers, we're exceptionally proud of our Somerset roots. We've experienced tremendous growth through industry-leading levels of investment in our marketing, people development, innovative technology and world-class cider mill. The best part? We're just getting started.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced bonus structure
• Comprehensive benefits including company car, IT equipment & pension
• Discounts in our cider shop (after all, you'll need to know just how good our cider is!)
• Thatchers training and development programme
• This is an amazing opportunity to become part of the Thatchers success story and take on an exciting role where no two days are the same.