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Area Sales Manager

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
South West England
Salary
Up to £35,000 + open-ended commission + car, phone etc
Closing date
14 Mar 2019

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

Job Details

  • Premium pet food brand with an outstanding reputation.
  • Customer base of quality independent pet shops and country stores.
  • Established area with huge potential for development.

The Company:

This well-established supplier provides premium pet food brands to the retail pet trade. As an Area Sales Manager you will benefit from selling quality products that have a strong reputation with retailers and sales are growing at over 40% per annum. We are looking for a high calibre sales person who can help achieve continued growth in the South West of England and South Wales.

The role covering South West England:

As an Area Sales Manager (Sales Representative) you will inherit an area covering the South West of England and South Wales.

You will inherit an established business base and be targeted to achieve sales growth in these accounts while prospecting for new, suitable retail customers. The skills you will need to bring to the role are:

  • Build trusting relationships with pet shop owners using a consultative sales approach.
  • 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 pet trade sales role – South West:

We are looking for an experienced field sales Representative with experience of selling to the independent pet trade. In addition we hope to find these additional qualities:

  • Based centrally to cover the area. Bristol, Taunton, Bath, Swindon would be ideal.
  • A proven track record of ability to open new retail accounts and grow area sales turnover.
  • Experience dealing with pet shops and closing sales with the decision maker.
  • Excellent sales skills. Able to build sales arguments, influence decisions and close for sales orders.
  • Right personality – positive, likeable, good sense of humour, builds relationships easily.
  • Embraces being accountable for the area performance and prioritises constantly in order to meet targets.
  • Enjoys running small training sessions and providing education to customers.

The benefits:

The job holder will enjoy a competitive basic salary and rewarding commission scheme plus car, laptop, printer and a smart phone.

For more information and to apply please contact:

Name: Nick Hester       

Telephone: 01275 813030

Email: nick@cavendishmaine.com

Location: South West England

Job reference: NH/20100

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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