Retail Field Sales Executive - Nestle Grocery

Acosta, Inc.; England; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales and marketing agency in the UK is seeking a Field Sales Executive to represent a major client and drive brand awareness. The role involves building relationships with retail decision makers, maximizing visibility of products, and ensuring effective promotional activities. The ideal candidate will have strong sales experience, a passion for brands, and a full manual driving licence. Excellent training and flexible working hours are provided.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Mobile phone

Fuel card

Bonus (subject to performance)

Contributory pension

Discounted healthcare plan

Flexibility in working hours

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within FMCG, retail or a sales environment.
• Passionate about the amazing brands marketed by the company.
• Full manual driving licence and ability to travel within a defined territory.

Responsibilities

• Maximise brand awareness and communicate new product opportunities.
• Build relationships with key retail decision makers.
• Identify and implement in-store merchandising opportunities.
• Ensure promotional activity is implemented correctly.
• Provide market intelligence feedback.

Skills

Relationship Building

Product Knowledge

Commercial Awareness

Influencing skills

Negotiation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Maximising brand awareness and communicating new product opportunities, using sales data to drive in store actions.
• Building relationships with key retail decision makers (department and store managers).
• Identifying and implementing in store merchandising opportunities to increase brand visibility and availability and ensuring stock levels are maintained.
• Ensure client's promotional activity is implemented and that products are on display in the correct location and with good availability.
• Providing insightful and actionable market intelligence feedback.

Qualifications

• Relationship Building
• Product Knowledge
• Commercial Awareness
• Influencing skills and Negotiation
• You will possess demonstrable experience within FMCG, retail or a sales environment, although we will also consider applications from motivated individuals with experience from other sectors.
• Passionate about the amazing brands we market and have the drive and tenacity to succeed.
• Full manual driving licence and ability to travel within a defined territory.

Benefits

This role offers a genuine opportunity to develop your commercial skills and achieve your career ambitions in a bold and dynamic business that invests in people. We offer flexibility and real opportunities for personal and professional development. You will receive excellent training, a company vehicle, mobile phone, and fuel card, and enjoy superb benefits including a bonus (subject to performance), contributory pension and a discounted healthcare plan. Working hours are flexible between 9am and 5:30pm, Monday to Friday. Passion is at the heart of everything we do. We encourage boldness, curiosity, and new ideas. We are motivated to learn, and constantly strive to exceed expectations. We truly care, and that is what makes us exceptional.

Company

Acosta Europe is an exceptional business that cares about its people. We are part of one of the largest Sales and Marketing agencies in the world and are currently seeking a Field Sales Executive to represent our partner Nestlé to drive brand awareness and sales of their products. If you can bring the passion for sales and have the enthusiasm to succeed, we can offer you the opportunity to develop your career in an engaging and rewarding environment, where no two days are ever the same! Nestlé is the world's largest food & beverage company. The successful applicant will get the opportunity to work across a multi category operation covering Confectionery, Beverages, Petcare, Cereals, Waters, Food and Nutrition.

Compensation

Salary: £26,071