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Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30 Jun 2017

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

Job Details



Business Development Executives are required to sell our successful range of hot food to go concepts focussing mainly in the convenience retail, leisure and independent channels. In addition to the basic KPI's a regional set of accounts including nationally recognised convenience retailers and top 4 grocers will have outlets that need support and developing as part of managing a defined territory.

Client Details

Our client are one of the UK leaders FMCG, they aim to bring you some of the most exciting and tasty hot food and snacks wherever you are.

Description

  • Achieving & Exceeding targets for new business
  • Building rate of sale throughout the customer base and upselling products
  • Supporting current stockists with staff advocacy, training, sampling and POS support
  • Building and monitoring a sales pipeline
  • Actively targeting multiple site operators and building proposals to achieve goals
  • Execution of installations in all outlets
  • Resolving customer queries and issues whilst working closely with internal colleagues
  • Producing key customer reports on a regular basis along with territory planning
  • Building close working relationships with key customer management teams
  • Attending and setting up trade show stands and other functions
  • Full and accurate use of Caterlyst CRM system






Profile

  • Results driven and focussed to exceed performance targets




  • Strong sales abilities and ability to negotiate at all levels




  • Multi Tasking with ability to keep organised during busy periods




  • Ability to analyse data and identify issues and opportunities




  • Commitment to supporting wider sales team and head office colleagues




  • Proactive approach to every day challenge of winning new business




  • Good communication skills - spoken, written and electronic




  • Willingness to get hands dirty






Job Offer

Competitive Packages

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

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