Field Sales Executive - On Trade

Thatchers Cider; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cider manufacturer is seeking a Field Sales Executive based in Kent. This full-time position focuses on growing brand presence by identifying new opportunities and enhancing customer engagement. Candidates should have experience in field sales or with on-trade customers, resilient and proactive skills, as well as strong communication abilities. Benefits include a competitive salary, enhanced bonus structure, and a company car. Join this exciting opportunity within a prestigious cider-making business.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Enhanced bonus structure

Company car

IT equipment

Pension

Cider shop discounts

Training and development programme

Qualifications

• Experience in on-trade environments or field sales roles.
• Adaptability to meet business needs.
• Valid driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Identify new opportunities and grow volume through existing customers.
• Enhance engagement through tours and events.
• Build relationships with key customers and partners.

Skills

Pro-active

Resilient

Relationship/rapport building skills

Presentation and communication skills

Strong organisation skills

Analytical and numerate

IT literacy

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity here at Thatchers for a Field Sales Executive who is based in and around Kent. 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

As part of your role, you will occasionally need to undertake overnight stays. What are we looking for?

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.
• Pro-active
• Resilient
• Relationship/rapport building skills
• Presentation and communication skills
• Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage your time
• To be analytical and numerate
• Flexible to meet the needs of the business
• A good level of IT literacy
• A 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 our 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.