Sales Manager (Middlesbrough)

JR United Kingdom; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Sales Manager to represent a prestigious ice cream brand portfolio. In this dynamic role, you will engage with grocery retailers, driving brand awareness and sales through strategic store visits and data-driven insights. Join a team that values your contributions and offers a supportive environment to thrive. With a focus on results and relationship building, you'll play a key role in enhancing brand performance and availability. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are motivated by results and enjoy making a difference every day.

Benefits

Company Car

Fuel Card

Tablet

Phone

Incentive Scheme

Pension

Life Assurance

30 days holiday

Medicash Care Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in Sales, ideally in Independents, Wholesale, and Convenience.
• Ability to analyze data to drive results and improve brand awareness.

Responsibilities

• Visit grocery stores to build relationships with key decision makers.
• Use data tools to improve product distribution and availability.
• Negotiate with retailers to increase sales and brand engagement.

Skills

Sales Experience

Data Analysis

Communication

Relationship Building

Negotiation

Tools

iPad

Bespoke Software System

Job description

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Client:

Dee Set

Location:

middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

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Job Description:

Purpose of the role:

Are you interested in working for a World Class Multi award-winning field marketing agency, who currently hold the title of Agency of the Year?

Do you like the idea of representing one of the biggest brands out there?

Then this could be the role for you…..

Your role as a full-time, permanent team member, will be representing the Ice Cream brands portfolio on behalf of Unilever namely Ben and Jerrys, Walls and Magnum to name a few.

As part of the Dee Set team, you will work with colleagues who are responsible for raising Unilever's ice cream brand's performance, awareness and availability across a wide mix of UK smaller-format grocery retailers. You will be the eyes and ears of the brand, carrying out retail store visits within a defined territory with responsibility for driving distribution, availability, sales and brand engagement to enhance both turnover and share for the brand using our data tools.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Visiting a mix of grocery and convenience stores to build and develop strong relationships with key decision makers, and to be recognised as adding value to the store.
• Leveraging our data tools to identify insights and implement targeted interventions that improve the distribution and availability of our product portfolio.
• Negotiation with key decision makers in store to ensure distribution and maximum availability for the Unilever Ice Cream brands to increase sales and availability, raising brand awareness and brand engagement with the retailers, and ensuring that agreed ranging and plans are maintained
• Be the ‘eyes and ears' for the brand and Dee Set in-store by identifying problems, opportunities and both retailer and competitor intelligence.
• Strive to ‘Make a Difference' for our clients by following Dee Set's proven processes.
• Deliver a professional, efficient, and effective set of calls within every sales outlet.
• Accurately record and complete all information on iPad using a bespoke software system.

We'd love you to join our team if you are:

• Experienced in Sales and ideally have experience in the Independents, Wholesale and Convenience sector.
• Thrive working unaided and as part of a team.
• A great communicator who loves to build credible relationships in stores.
• A passion to build brand awareness to the highest standard and to be motivated by results.
• Deliver brilliant results at store executional level.
• Data driven and be able to analyse data to drive results.
• Full current UK manual driving licence.

What's in it for you?

• Company Car
• Fuel Card
• Tablet
• Phone
• Incentive Scheme
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• 30 days holiday
• Medicash Care Plan

If you are passionate and motivated, thrive on building great relationships in store and love to deliver results in a pacy environment, making a difference every day, this is the job for you.