Brand Support Executive

The Company:  

Meyer is a world leader in culinary innovation, a name synonymous with premium quality cookware that has been welcomed into kitchens around the world for more than four decades.  Our reputations as market leader has been built on strong design and manufacturing expertise across a portfolio of brands, which include Ruffoni, Anolon, Circulon, Meyer and Prestige. Our Sales, Marketing and Distribution centre for the United Kingdom and Europe is based in the Northwest and is a significant operation within the worldwide family of the Meyer Corporation. We are a housewares brand with exciting new product development credentials with a high calibre senior management team driving organic and acquisitive growth, long established with a proud heritage yet firmly focussed on the future. 

The role:

As part of the Brand Support Team, the key role will be to optimise and grow the business by maintaining and improving space, presentation and relationships with retail customers. You will:

• Creatively maximise in store space ensuring all product is displayed to a high standard within high visibility areas and inspirational to the consumer.  
• Understand sales team and retailer needs through first hand in store interaction.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing team to action promotions and manage local point of sale material.
• Attend key product/sales training demonstrations (on-site and off-site) and in store demonstrations within key retail partners and attend trade shows, this may involve some weekend work.

The person:

This role involves visiting all types of retail outlets nationally.  You will be able to demonstrate a high level of self-motivation with a can-do attitude with proven problem solving experience.  Although principally customer and consumer facing, the role requires a significant amount of time un-supervised and its important the successful candidate has a degree of independence as the role involves a lot of driving and overnight stays.

We require an enthusiastic individual who is practical, hands-on and happy to work on their own as well as part of a team and be completely reliable. Using creative flair, you will have the dexterity to install/maintain all merchandise displays to the company standard.  You will have the confidence to brainstorm ideas and concept to the brand support team as well as influence your customers. This position would ideally suit someone looking for a career path into sales.

Key tasks:

• Improve merchandising and visual impact of displays
• Install and update shop fittings/stands
• Provide advice on prime positioning of displays
• Provide planograms proposals
• Assist with demonstration and effective sale of products
• Identify new sales opportunities and build strong trade relationships
• Develop sales out business with field sales accounts, and
• Provide consumer in store demonstrations.

Qualifications/experience:

• Ideally previous experience of working in retail, events or marketing environment
• Experience of retail sales channels would be advantageous, especially department stores
• Knowledge of shop layouts, product promotion and setting up displays
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office programs (PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Have a passion for customer service and strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to problem solve
• Full driving licence, preferably clean.

Core working hours will be 34 hours with some degree of flexibility to meet the needs of the business.

If you have the qualities and enthusiasm required for this role, please submit your C.V. and covering letter explaining the qualities/expertise you can bring to the role.