Sales Support Executive

Manpower; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A global FMCG firm is looking for a Sales Support Executive to provide essential commercial and administrative support within a fast-paced environment. The role involves processing invoices, maintaining price files, and supporting sales administration tasks. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and experience in commercial support. This is a full-time position based in the United Kingdom with flexible working options, offering competitive compensation and benefits including parking and gym access.

Benefits

Free parking

Discounted products from Unilever Staff Shop

Gym and canteen facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial support or sales administration required.
• Familiarity with FMCG environment is advantageous.
• High proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Process customer invoices accurately and on time.
• Maintain up-to-date rebate trackers and process claims.
• Support implementation of pricing changes.
• Provide commercial reports and support ad-hoc data requests.
• Coordinate with supply chain, finance, and customer service.

Skills

Sales administration

Financial administration

Excel (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables)

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Manpower is currently looking for a Sales Support Executive to work with our global FMCG client, renowned for brands such as Magnum, Carte d'Or, Cornetto, Walls, and become an integral part of their fast‑paced FMCG environment. This is a full‑time temporary role for 3 months requiring 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up from £42,000 to £52,500 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience. The role offers remote working with occasional visits to Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey.

Role Purpose

To provide essential commercial and administrative support to the Out of Home Wholesale team. This role focuses on ensuring smooth back‑office operations across invoicing, pricing, rebates, and customer file maintenance to keep customer delivery uninterrupted.

Key Responsibilities

• Invoice & Financial Administration: Process customer invoices accurately and on time, reconcile invoice discrepancies and support resolution of customer queries, support the tracking and validation of commercial spend.
• Rebate & Claims Support: Maintain up‑to‑date rebate trackers for key wholesale partners, process customer claims ensuring alignment with agreed terms and internal guidelines, support end‑period accruals by providing accurate and timely data.
• Pricing & File Management: Maintain customer price files, ensuring accuracy across all products and channels, support implementation of price changes including communication and system updates, conduct regular checks to ensure data integrity and correct alignment between systems.
• Commercial Data & Reporting: Provide weekly commercial reports and support ad‑hoc data requests from the team, assist with maintaining customer performance dashboards and internal trackers.
• Internal Coordination: Work with supply chain, finance, and customer service teams to ensure smooth delivery of customer commitments, support account teams with administrative tasks, document preparation, and internal processes.

Skills & Experience

• Experience in commercial support, sales administration, finance admin, or a similar back‑office function (FMCG experience beneficial).
• Strong Excel capability (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables).
• High attention to detail and accuracy in data handling.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workload, and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Personal Attributes

• Organised, reliable, and proactive.
• Comfortable working with numbers and structured data.
• Team player with a "can‑do" mindset.
• Able to quickly learn new systems and processes.

Additional Information

• Contractors based at Kingston will be eligible for free parking at a local carpark.
• Unilever Staff Shop located on the Ground Floor next to the main entrance offers discounted products for contingent workers.
• Gym and canteen facilities are available on the Ground Floor, including cardiovascular equipment, resistance machines, spin bikes, free weights, and a stretch/matted area.