Retail Sales Executive – 3 month FTC

BMS Engineering Recruitment; Remote; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency is looking for a Retail Sales Executive in Bromley. This field sales role involves building relationships, managing territory effectively, and driving sales of the National Lottery. Candidates should have prior sales or account management experience and excellent relationship-building skills. The position offers competitive salary and benefits including a car, pension scheme, and private health insurance, ideal for those seeking career development in a large organization.

Benefits

Base salary from £27,000 – £30,000

Annual bonus up to 30%

Company car (BMW 2 Series Hybrid)

Contributory pension scheme

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life Insurance 4x annual salary

Private health insurance

Income protection

Qualifications

• UK driving license with no more than 6 points.
• Ability to use IT packages and be IT literate.
• Previous sales/account management or retail experience.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with the retailer network to drive sales.
• Manage territory effectively, visiting retailers 5-6 times per year.
• Focus on in-store execution through distribution and display.

Skills

Sales/account management experience

Relationship building

IT literacy

Job description

Retail Sales Executive – initially 3 month FTC until April 2026

• Bromley, Catford, Beckenham

Allwyn UK – provider of the UK National lottery

• Remote – field sales role
• 100% dealing with existing accounts
• Territory – Bromley, Catford, Beckenham

What is possible for you at Allwyn:

• Allwyn are a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.
• They have been officially awarded the fourth 10-year licence to operate the UK National Lottery as of February 2024 and they are hiring!
• Be part of a €4 billion group with 6000 employees, servicing 130+ million players through 120K outlets
• Genuine career opportunities within a large sales function with its own Retail Sales Academy providing you with training and career development coaching
• Be part of a team who create social value, having raised £48 billion for 700,000 charities and community groups since 2019 through the UK National Lottery

The Retail Sales Executive Role:

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to establish themselves within a large organisation who can offer stability and training with the opportunity of a great long term career!

• Build relationships and deliver the marketing plan with the retailer network in your area to drive sales of the National Lottery and therefore returns through to Good Causes
• Effective territory management to ensure you are with each retailer 5-6 times per year
• Work towards great in store execution of the category through a focus on distribution, availability, display, impact and retailer advocacy
• Use insights to discuss sales and returns to good causes confidently

ABOUT YOU:

Essentials:

• UK driving license with no more than 6 points
• Live within a commutable distance to territory
• Ability to use IT packages and be IT literate

What could you have done before:

• Previous sales/account management experience – you could be in field sales or work internally in estate agents or recruitment as an example
• If not from a sales background you could have experience in retail such as being Trade Counter Manager
• You are a people person and confident speaking to retailers building great relationships and delivering training
• Can do attitude, focused on solutions
• Strong will to succeed with the ability to self-track targets

What is on offer:

• Base salary dependent on experience from £27,000 – £30,000
• Bonus: Annually up to 30% of base salary available upon achieving targets
• BMW 2 Series Hybrid Automatic Plug in – circa 8% benefit in kind
• Contributory pension scheme with a max Allwyn contribution of 8.5%
• 26 days holidays with bank holidays on top
• Life Insurance 4x annual base salary
• Private health insurance
• Income protection