Sales Manager – Retail - Nottinghamshire

Sales Manager – Retail - Nottinghamshire

£35,000 - £45,000 DOE + company performance bonus + company car + benefits!

Location: Nottinghamshire

Reference: ABB-AB/SMR

Posted on: February 3, 2025

Expires on: April 3, 2025

About the role

Hybrid – 3 days onsite.

My client, one of Europe’s leading suppliers in the food and beverage manufacturing, food service, and retail sectors, is hiring a retail sales manager to join their existing team due to incredible growth!

Your Main Functions:

1. Support across a portfolio of top-tier UK Retail accounts.
2. Successfully negotiate JBPs, to meet the business’s ambitious goals.
3. Sell to existing customers the range of products.
4. Continually develop new customer contacts and new business.
5. Develop relationships (from a supply perspective) with new and key Principals and gain detailed product knowledge of all key suppliers and their capabilities.
6. Occasionally visit UK and non-UK-based suppliers.
7. Facilitate the communication process between supplier and customer.
8. Keep up to date with trends in the food and drinks industry, market developments, legislation, import, health and other related trends.
9. Be fully aware of the technicalities and pitfalls of importing goods from outside of the UK, into the UK.
10. Issue, make, and amend supply and purchase contracts. Where necessary, book Foreign Currency for transactions.
11. Understand the broader business of the group and develop group sales opportunities.

About You:

1. Minimum of 1-2 years experience supporting or managing UK Retail accounts.
2. Passion for FMCG/Food.
3. Ambitious mindset, desire to progress within the FMCG industry.
4. Hold a UK driving licence.
5. Have the right to work in the UK.