Growth FMCG Sales Executive - Hybrid (Reading)

PepsiCo Inc.; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo in Reading, United Kingdom, is recruiting Sales Account Executives to join our Snacks and Quaker business. This role provides hands-on customer experience, exposure to national retailers, and development across the commercial organisation. You’ll rotate across customers, support plans, and analyze data from day one.

We welcome graduates or those changing careers, offer a hybrid working model (3 days in office) and a clear development path within FMCG sales.

Qualifications

• Growth mindset, agility and curiosity to learn.
• Passion for sales, customers and building relationships.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Resilience to test and learn from results.
• Analytical thinking and data-driven approach.
• Proactive drive to achieve results.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders.
• No degree required.
• We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and levels of experience; growth mindset and ambition matter more than formal education.
• You must have the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across different customers and areas of the Sales function.
• Learn from and partner with National Account Managers and Customer Business Managers across a range of customer accounts.
• Support the delivery of customer plans and commercial objectives across a range of customer accounts.
• Build relationships with customer contacts and key internal stakeholders.
• Support trade plan execution and promotional activity, including sales, data analysis, and volume forecasting.
• Analyse sales and performance data to identify opportunities and actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional plans with Finance, Category, Supply Chain, Marketing, Digital and shared service teams.
• Help embed new ways of working in the Sales function, driven by digital, process-improvement and business-transformation initiatives.
• Contribute to customer presentations, reviews and business planning activities.
• Get involved in projects that drive future growth across our commercial teams.
• Help build a positive, high-performing team culture - join our Great Place to Work teams, ERGs, and events.

Skills

Growth mindset

Sales enthusiasm

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Proactivity

Stakeholder collaboration

No degree required

Job description

PepsiCo in Reading, United Kingdom, is recruiting Sales Account Executives to join our Snacks and Quaker business. This role provides hands-on customer experience, exposure to national retailers, and development across the commercial organisation. You’ll rotate across customers, support plans, and analyze data from day one.

We welcome graduates or those changing careers, offer a hybrid working model (3 days in office) and a clear development path within FMCG sales.