Field Sales Executive - South West

Imperial Brands PLC; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global FMCG company as a Field Sales Executive in South West England. This role offers a dynamic work environment with the opportunity to develop your career through unrivaled training and mentoring. You will engage with key accounts and independent retailers, building strong relationships while achieving sales targets. The position requires travel across the region and offers competitive benefits, including a company car and health schemes.

Benefits

Company car

Health and wellbeing scheme

Discount scheme

Share save scheme

29 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG sales preferred.
• Ability to build relationships quickly.
• Self-motivated with target-setting skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver on business KPIs across Key Accounts.
• Build relationships with retailers and wholesalers.
• Identify new business opportunities in-store.

Skills

Face to Face Sales Experience

Communication

People Skills

Team Player

Time Management

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Do you have a natural passion for sales? Would you like to be part of an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees?

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our industry leading Field Sales team as a Field Sales Executive in the South West of England.

We are looking for an experienced, target driven Field Sales Executive who can use their own initiative alongside working as part of a team. We want you to make the role your own! If you want a role where no 2 days are the same then this is the role for you!

To ensure your success, we offer unrivalled training and a mentoring scheme. If you want to develop your career with an organisation that takes development, engagement, well-being, and progression seriously then this is the role for you.

This is a field-based role, and you will need to be able to travel to your customers sites all over the South West. Areas include: Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Wiltshire. To make it easier to travel to your customer sites you will ideally live in Exeter or surrounding area.

Please note: you will be required to have overnights stays when required.

All candidates must hold a valid Full UK driving licence.

Principle Accountabilities

• Deliver on the business's KPI's across Key Accounts, Key Accounts Wholesale and Independent Retailers
• Build an in-depth knowledge of customer needs and shopper dynamics
• Partner with retail Key Accounts, Independent and Wholesale outlets in your area, establishing excellent relationships within your territory through a range of Key Accounts Operations Teams to Independent Retailers and key contacts within wholesaler, having value-add conversations to sell in new products to meet the customer’s identified needs
• Build customer advocacy for our brands by educating retailers in the market and industry legislation
• Achieve sales, market share, distribution, availability, and coverage targets within your defined area and ensure that our trade incentives and activities are put to the best use
• Identify new business opportunities by having an enhanced knowledge of the category and shopper behaviour in-store

Skills & Experience Required

• Previous and / or current Face to Face Sales Experience ideally within an FMCG business
• Experienced in building face to face relationships
• Have excellent communication and people skills, and proven ability to build rapport quickly
• Be a team player with an understanding of wider team goals and how you can impact them
• Self-supportive, managing time and resources effectively; and be able to use your initiative and to act exclusively when required
• Able to set and meet self-stretching targets

What we offer

• Annual salary of £30,000 (£37,000 OTE)
• Company car, phone and tablet
• 29 days annual leave in addition to public and bank holidays, with an option to purchase additional holiday
• Competitive benefits including: Health and wellbeing scheme, discount scheme & share save scheme

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at [e-mail] to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming.

Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Manufacturing and Tobacco Manufacturing

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