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Sales Representative

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
Surrey
Salary
£27000 - £30000 plus 10% bonus + choice of car, phone etc
Closing date
6 Mar 2019

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details

  • Top quality pet food with strong brand name and reputation
  • Customer base of existing / prospect independent pet shops
  • Sell in new packaging, new deals and new POS material 

The Company:

This long-established pet food manufacturer has been supplying UK retailers, owners and pets for decades. Their brands have huge heritage with the independent specialist trade, but competitors have been eroding market share and it is time to respond with new packaging, promotions and flavours.  

Sales Representative – South East:

The new Sales Representative will cover the South East of England (Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex,  London, Sussex, Kent, Herts, Essex, Beds), visiting independent pet shops to promote and support the company’s ranges.  

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Create a journey plan that provides regular calls to all customers
  • Actively prospect for new stockists
  • Provide first class customer service
  • Communicate and reinforce the benefits of stocking the brands to retailers
  • Provide training and education to retail sales assistants
  • Create eye catching product displays using point-of-sale and promotional material
  • Report against your sales plan on a weekly basis

The person for this Sales Representative role – South East:

We are looking for a well-trained field sales Representative with experience selling to independent retailers. This could be a food or non-food FMCG, tobacco, drinks – if you have been used to dealing with decision makers and managing on-going customer relationships.

Other qualities we are looking for include:

  • Based in Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex, London, Sussex, Kent, Herts, Essex or Bedfordshire
  • A proven track record of ability to open new retail accounts and grow area sales turnover
  • Experience dealing with independent shops and closing sales with the decision maker
  • Excellent sales skills – a good listener who can understand needs and sell benefits
  • Right personality – positive, likeable, good sense of humour, builds relationships easily
  • Enjoys running small training sessions and providing education to customers

The benefits:

The job holder will enjoy a competitive basic salary and bonus scheme plus choice of new car, laptop, printer and a smart phone.

Contact:

Nick Hester

Salary:

£27000 - £30000 plus 10% bonus + choice of car, phone etc

Job reference:

NH 21374

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert, you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies.  If you do not want us to do this, please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

Company

Established in 1991 Cavendish Maine is a specialist sales, marketing and management recruitment consultancy. Covering the whole of the UK, we work with suppliers of food and non-food products to retail, hospitality and leisure markets and our impressive client portfolio ranges from global brand leaders to fast growing private companies.

Our team is experienced, professional and knowledgeable and each consultant has a specific market focus. This means that we know our clients intimately and our candidates are well briefed and well prepared for all interviews. In addition we have one consultant who specialises in export and international roles and separate teams that bring the same recruitment processes to accountancy and financial services employers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01275 813000
Location
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB

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