Field Sales Executive – Southampton

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract role

The Role:

Do you have a natural passion for sales? Would you like to be part of a Top Employer award winning organisation as part of an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees?

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our industry leading Field Sales team as a Field Sales Executive.

We are looking for a Field Sales Executive who can use their own initiative alongside working as part of a team. Ideally, you will have relevant sales experience, however we also welcome applications from candidates seeking a career in sales. To ensure your success, we offer unrivalled training and a mentoring scheme.

Self-motivated, you will want to develop your career with an organisation that takes development, engagement, well-being, and progression seriously.

This is a field-based role, and you will need to be able to travel to your customers sites in the Southampton area. All candidates must have a valid Full UK driving licence.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Deliver on the business's KPI's across Key Accounts, Key Accounts Wholesale and Independent Retailers
• Build an in-depth knowledge of customer needs and shopper dynamics
• Partner with up to 300 retail Key Account, Independent and Wholesale outlets in your area, establishing excellent relationships within your territory through a range of Key Accounts Operations Teams to Independent Retailers and key contacts within wholesaler, having value-add conversations to sell in new products to meet the customer’s identified needs
• Build customer advocacy for our brands by educating retailers in the market and industry legislation
• Achieve sales, market share, distribution, availability, and coverage targets within your defined area and ensure that our trade incentives and activities are put to the best use
• Identify new business opportunities by having an enhanced knowledge of the category and shopper behaviour in-store

Skills and Experience Required:

• Ideally candidates should possess relevant experience in a similar role or be able to demonstrate an aptitude for the role. In addition, candidates should be:
• Understanding of wider team goals and how you can impact them
• Self-supportive, managing time and resources effectively
• Have strong communication and people skills, and the ability to build rapport and relationships quickly
• Able to use your initiative and to act exclusively when required
• Able to set self-stretching targets
• Efficient, accurate and timely in the administration associated with the role

What We Offer:

• Annual salary of £30,000 (£37,000 OTE)
• Competitive benefits
• Company car
• 29 days annual leave in addition to public and bank holidays, with an option to purchase additional holiday
• Generous company pension scheme

Everyone Belongs:

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us:

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.