Business Developer – Dublin & Leinster

Unify Brands; Dublin; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop

Phone

Fuel allowance

Car allowance

Bonus

Job summary

Unify Brands is seeking a Retail Field Sales Executive to grow distribution and in-store execution across Dublin and Leinster. You will be the face of our brands, managing relationships with store teams and driving in-store standards and promotions.

The role is full-time and field-based, covering a defined call file in Dublin city, county and Leinster. You will report to the Field Sales Manager and partner with the commercial team on listings, demos and trade reviews.

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years' experience in FMCG field sales, merchandising or retail account management.
• Full clean driving licence and own transport essential.
• Comfortable working independently across a multi-store territory.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills with store-level stakeholders.
• Well organized and numerate, reporting on call coverage and KPIs.
• Energetic, brand-passionate and on the road daily across Dublin and Leinster.

Responsibilities

• Manage a territory of Dublin and Leinster stores across Tesco, Dunnes Stores, SuperValu, Musgrave (Centra/SuperValu) and convenience/forecourt accounts.
• Build and maintain day-to-day relationships with store managers and department heads.
• Execute in-store standards: distribution checks, planogram compliance, shelf-edge POS, secondary displays, and promotional compliance.
• Identify and close new listing and space opportunities, support NPD launches at store level.
• Run in-store sampling and demo activations, including outdoor/event sampling where required.
• Track and report store-level performance, out-of-stocks and competitor activity back to the commercial team.
• Support the wider account team ahead of key trade reviews and promotional planning.

Skills

FMCG sales

Relationship building

Negotiation

Organisation

Numeracy

Driving

Job description

Unify Brands is hiring a Retail Field Sales Executive to grow distribution, availability and in-store execution across Dublin and the wider Leinster region. You’ll be the face of our portfolio, including Perfect Ted, Califia Farms, Mevgal Greek Yogurt, Crosta Mollica and DASH, in-store, owning day-to-day relationships with store teams across our key grocery and convenience accounts.

This is a full-time, field-based role reporting to the Field Sales Manager, covering a defined call file of stores across Dublin city, Dublin county and the Leinster region.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a territory of Dublin and Leinster stores across Tesco, Dunnes Stores, SuperValu, Musgrave (Centra/SuperValu) and convenience/forecourt accounts
• Build and maintain strong day-to-day relationships with store managers and department heads
• Execute in-store standards: distribution checks, planogram compliance, shelf-edge POS, secondary displays, freezer-aisle decals and clings, and promotional compliance
• Identify and close new listing and space opportunities, and support NPD launches at store level
• Run in-store sampling and demo activations, including outdoor/event sampling where required
• Track and report store-level performance, out-of-stocks and competitor activity back to the commercial team
• Support the wider account team ahead of key trade reviews and promotional planning

Candidate Requirements

• 1–3+ years' experience in FMCG field sales, merchandising or retail account management, ideally within Irish grocery or convenience
• Full clean driving licence and own transport essential
• Comfortable working independently across a multi-store territory with minimal day-to-day supervision
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills with store-level stakeholders
• Well organised and numerate, comfortable reporting on call coverage and in-store KPIs
• Energetic, brand-passionate, and happy to be on the road daily across Dublin and Leinster

What Unify Brands Offers

• Competitive base salary, DOE, plus car allowance and performance-related bonus
• Laptop, phone and fuel/mileage covered
• The chance to represent a fast-growing portfolio of challenger food and beverage brands in the Irish market
• A genuine progression path into key account management as the portfolio and team grow