Territory Account Manager

BMS Engineering Recruitment; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG company seeks a Territory Account Manager for a 12-month contract in Kent. The role involves managing an established customer portfolio across independent retailers and petrol stations, training staff on brand retention while ensuring sales growth. This position offers full training, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career development within a large organization.

Benefits

Company Car

Gym Discounts

Flexible Working Hours

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Ideal for entry-level or experienced salespeople.
• No significant sales experience required as full training is provided.
• Driving licence essential, ideally with no more than 3 points.

Responsibilities

• Manage an existing portfolio of customers within various channels.
• Conduct multiple store visits daily and provide retailer education.
• Promote brand awareness and sales of tobacco products.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Presentation Skills

Communication

Hard Working

Education

Degree (preferred)

Job description

Territory Account Manager – Tobacco

Candidate Location: Kent – 12 Months Contract

Salary: £38,000 basic + £7,000 commission & Company Car

• No Cold Calling
• Tobacco Field Sales Role, includes a new company car
• Gym Discounts, Share Schemes, Flexible Working Hours & Sales Allowance
• Multi Award-Winning Brand
• $20 Billion Turnover – Top 5 Global Brand
• 100% Upselling and account management! Inherit an established account base
• Pension, Private Medical Scheme, Life Assurance, Income Protection & Health Screening!

The Role: The new Territory Account Manager will be tasked with managing an existing portfolio of customers within 3 channels: independent retail, grocery and franchises and petrol stations. Conducting multiple store visits a day, you will be responsible for retailer education, such as training store staff on brand retention, gaining market share, merchandising and marketing the products effectively. Selling tobacco products, launching new products, creating brand awareness whilst developing strong relationship with business owners, their employees, stock controllers and wholesalers. Our client is a large blue chip organisation with 1000’s of employees who actively seek to promote from within so lots of opportunities for those who show hard work and longevity.

The Company: Our client is an award-winner; Global Top Employer/Retail Award Field Sales Team of the Year. Their investment in you starts from day one with a bespoke residential training programme to ensure you have the skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed! One of the largest FMCG companies worldwide, they boast a turnover of £20 Billion! Offering a superb package for the sales team, which includes a huge range of corporate and flexible benefits.

For this position, we are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• This role would suit an entry level sales person, an experienced sales professional or someone with no sales experience looking to break into sales
• You don’t need a lot of sales experience as full training will be given
• You could have a telesales background and be looking for your first role in field sales
• Must be enthusiastic, well presented, articulate and hard working
• Driving licence is essential, ideally with no more than 3 points
• Degree is preferred
• Must be willing to travel and be flexible to spend a night away from home a week

Benefits of this Territory Account Manager (Field Sales) role:

• £38,000 base salary, plus £7,000 commission
• Fully expensed company car, fuel card, laptop, and mobile phone
• Fantastic corporate company benefits: 16% pension, PMI, retail discounts and many more