Territory Manager

Standout Field Marketing Careers; Croydon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading field marketing firm in Croydon is seeking a Territory Manager to cover the local area. This full-time position involves managing key wholesale partners and requires strong communication and relationship-building skills. Candidates should have experience in a field sales role and be comfortable with manual handling. The role offers a salary of up to £29,000 per annum, a 10% bonus, a company car, and excellent perks including flexible working and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

10% performance-related bonus

Company car & fuel card

23 days paid holidays

Access to discounted Private Healthcare

Company pension scheme

Flexible smart working

Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a field-based sales role, ideally within convenience or impulse environments.
• Comfortable with manual handling and lifting stock.
• Proficient in building relationships with key contacts.

Responsibilities

• Manage Top 10 Wholesale partners for Pladis.
• Influence space, range, and promotional compliance.
• Attend sales events and manage shelf life quality of stock.

Skills

Field sales experience

Relationship building

Communication skills

Resilience

Job description

Territory Manager

Territory covers : Croydon & the surrounding areas

Permanent, Full Time

Salary up to £29,000 per annum, plus 10% performance related bonus and company car & fuel card plus other great benefits

Full-Time : 40 hours Monday to Friday

Would you like to represent a business where you’ll have some of the world’s most loved snacking brands at your fingertips? Whether it’s McVitie’s, Ülker, GODIVA, Verkade or Jacob’s, you’ll be working with brands that have stood the test of time and brands that have over 300 years of combined baking experience.

Standout Field Marketing have a fantastic opportunity to join our new Pladis Convenience Field Sales Team.

As a Wholesale Territory Manager, your role will be to call on the Top 10 Wholesale partners for Pladis. Your remit will be to influence and agree space, range, promotional compliance and to attend sales events at depot. This will include actively managing shelf life quality of stock, ensure rotation, utilise bay space and palletised displays. You will be representing a wide range of Pladis brands with McVities biscuits and brands such as Jaffa Cakes and Flipz.

You will play a huge role in helping Pladis drive sales by working with key contacts. You must be comfortable and capable manual handling / lifting stock.

Why join us & our Pladis Team?

We are pladis, one of the world's fastest-growing snacking companies, and home to iconic brands like McVitie’s, GODIVA, and Ülker, alongside regional favourites such as Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz and more.

Passion, team spirit and go-getting attitude. Courage and ownership. Care and compassion. If these words resonate, you’ll feel right at home working for pladis.

We make sure everyone at Standout enjoys continuous support, great perks, and excellent career development opportunities. Some of the key perks include :

• Salary £29000 per annum (pro rata)
• No weekend working (40 hours Monday to Friday)
• Flexible smart working
• Potential to earn bonus - 10%
• 23 days paid holidays (pro rata) + public holidays
• Annual leave purchase scheme - up to 5 extra days per year!
• Company car & fuel card
• Life Assurance
• Access to discounted Private Healthcare
• Company pension scheme
• Family-friendly working policies (such as enhanced maternity & paternity pay)
• Access to our fantastic Employee 'Perks' portal (discounts from a wide range of retailers, gym memberships, leisure activities plus much more!)
• Opportunity to volunteer for our taskforces (Diversity & Inclusion; Field First; Community; Sustainability; Mental Health & Wellbeing)
• Personal development through our 'Byte' e-learning platform
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme - 24 / 7 support on Physical, Mental & Financial well-being
• Supportive company culture & values
• Career progression opportunities across the Avidity Group businesses

Ideally you will have experience of working within a field based sales role within a convenience, independents or impulse environment. We are really keen to consider applicants who share Pladis’ values and are passionate about their products and about sustainability.

You will be self-motivated and thrive working within a KPI driven environment. A people person, you will be confident and comfortable building relationships in store with key contacts and have great communication skills. Previous experience working within a customer centred role would definitely be advantageous and high levels of resilience and energy are essential.

Sound like the perfect role for you? Apply now!

Please note this role requires a full UK manual driving licence (with no more than 6 pts or previous bans), all offers will be subject to successful completion of a DVLA licence check. This is a field-based role which will involve regular travel daily, so you must be comfortable driving distance. Please note this role will also require manual handling / heavy lifting. Overnights may be required on occasion.