Key Account Representative

Avidity Careers; Exeter; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Fuel card

Flexible working

23 days annual leave + bank holidays

Wellbeing programme

Learning and development

Job summary

McCurrach is seeking a Key Account Representative/ Territory Manager to cover Exeter & Taunton. You will build and maintain relationships with forecourt, convenience, and grocery decision makers, driving sales and ensuring product availability and compliance.

In this role you’ll educate staff on the client’s portfolio, manage your territory with strong planning, and work in a fast-paced environment. A full UK driving license is required; a company vehicle is provided.

Qualifications

• Experience working in field sales or similar role.
• Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders.
• Stakeholder management experience.
• Excellent time management and territory planning ability.
• Be self-motivated and results-driven.
• A full UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans).
• Nice to Have: merchandising or POS execution experience.
• Nice to Have: direct selling skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision makers within the forecourt, convenience & grocery channels.
• Drive sales by educating staff and decision makers on the client’s product portfolio, ensuring products are available and compliant.
• Support our client in delivering their key sales and marketing strategies.

Skills

Field sales

Stakeholder management

Communication

Time management

Self-motivated

Driving licence

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Key Account Representative/ Territory Manager

Territory Covers: Exeter & Taunton (Ideal Location EX16)

Permanent, Full time

Salary: £27,500 - £29,000 per annum plus performance related bonus, company car, fuel card (plus other fantastic benefits)

Are you a natural at building relationships? Do you love a target? Looking for your next challenge?

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team working with with 1 of the top 4 global tobacco companies (British American Tobacco). Working ina fast-paced and dynamic environment your role is to support our client in deliver ing their key sales and marketing strategies.

As a Key Account Representative you'll take responsibility forbuilding and maintaining strong relationships with key decision makers within the forecourt, organised convenience & grocery channel. Day to day you will be helping drive sales through educating staff & key decision makers on our client’s product portfolio and ensuring products are available and compliant.

About Us

McCurrach is part of Avidity, the parent company of a group of sales and marketing agencies ( McCurrach, Standout , Wave, Thumbprint & Zing).

We increase sales at the point of purchase . We are a leading field sales and marketing agency that help s brands sell more through a multi-faceted approach . We work with household names across various industries and are dedicated to delivering an outstanding service and optimising results.

Be yourself and grow , have your voice heard, and develop your career with flexible working policies and an abundance of opportunity with a sustainable, forward-thinking agency .

What We’re Looking For

We are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following skills and experience, but i f you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply - you might be just the right person for our team.

• Experience working in field sales or similar role
• Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders
• Stakeholder management experience
• Excellent time management and territory planning ability
• Be s elf-motivated and results-driven
• A f ull UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)

Nice to Have:

• Merchandising or POS execution experience
• Direct selling skills

What You’ll Get in Return – Benefits and Perks:

At McCurrach , we recognise that people are the key to our success. That’s why our benefits package is designed to offer continuous support, learning and development opportunities delivered by our in-house L&D team, support your wellbeing and work-life balance.

Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary and remuneration : annual pay reviews, performance bonuses and early pay access
• Transport: Company vehicle and fuel card
• Flexible working policies : SMART working options for all staff members and no weekend working
• Flexible annual leave entitlement: 23 days paid holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to purchase 5 additional annual leave days
• Family friendly policies: enhanced sick pay, maternity/paternity leave, carers leave and parental leave
• Health and Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, including 6 face-to-face counselling sessions, wellness taskforce, community of mental health first aiders and wellness workshops
• Learning and development: PDR objectives , mentorship, career development plans, access to internal vacancies across all our Group Agencies
• Additional perks : discounted private healthcare, retail discounts, and life assurance