Inside Sales Representative

Asahi Beverages Group; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Beverages Group in New Zealand is seeking a proactive sales professional to manage a national customer portfolio from Parnell. The role combines outbound calling and email support to grow customer relationships and uncover opportunities across New Zealand, with three days in the office and two from home.

You will use Salesforce and collaborative sales analytics to drive activity, support customers, and deliver revenue growth.

Qualifications

• Customer-focused with a long-term sales career mindset.
• Comfort with outbound calling and handling rejection.
• Ability to manage structured call cycles and multitask.
• Interest in sales, customer service and development.
• Experience with CRM tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage a national customer portfolio and proactive sales activity.
• Build relationships and understand customer needs and business drivers.
• Identify upsell, cross-sell, product and distribution opportunities.
• Place distributor orders following sell‑in activity.
• Triaged account, equipment and service queries to the right team.

Skills

Customer communication

Outbound calling

Relationship building

Sales mindset

Organization / time management

Salesforce exposure

Tools

Salesforce

Office productivity tools

Job description

Launch your sales career in a new national role, building customer relationships and growth across Asahi Beverages team.

Join Asahi Beverages New Zealand and Make your mark in a newly created role where every conversation can help a customer grow.

Based in Parnell, you'll connect with customers across New Zealand by phone and email, build trusted relationships and uncover new sales opportunities. You'll also help customers get the support they need, while working alongside a collaborative sales team. The role offers a flexible hybrid setup, with three days in the office and two days working from home.

Key responsibilities

You will manage a national customer portfolio, combining proactive sales activity with responsive customer support. Targets are based on productivity, customer loyalty/satisfaction and revenue performance enabled through a dynamic, proactive team environment, influenced by Sales Capability training/support, analytics, insights and sell-in/sell-through opportunities. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Managing customer contact and structured call cycles through Salesforce.
• Building relationships and understanding customer needs, potential and business drivers.
• Identifying upsell, cross-sell, product and distribution opportunities.
• Placing distributor orders following successful sell-in activity.
• Triaging account, equipment and service queries to the right internal contact.

About You

You are customer-focused, resilient and motivated to build a long-term career in sales. You enjoy connecting with people, can stay organised across structured routines and competing priorities, and bring a positive, proactive approach. You will bring:

• Strong customer communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence with outbound calling and the resilience to handle rejection.
• Organisation, time management and the ability to follow structured call cycles.
• A clear interest in sales, customer service and ongoing development.
• Microsoft Office capability; Salesforce, FMCG or call centre exposure is valued.

Why Asahi Beverages? (do not change)

At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks - we craft moments of connection, celebration, and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality, and a drive to constantly innovate. Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you’ll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured, and ambition is rewarded.

If you’re ready to toast your future, we’re ready to meet you!

• Advertised: 23 October 2026 AEST