Regional Account Executive
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- Oxford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 14 Mar 2018
View more
- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Job Type: Regional Account Executive
Location: Oxford
Sector/Industry: FMCG
Job reference: VAC-23671
Are you someone looking for a new opportunity to be part of an extremely successful FMCG business? Somewhere that places a huge importance on ethics and sustainability, doing things in the right way? If that interests you, please read on!
Based in North Yorkshire, McCain are a multibillion turnover organization who still experience consistent growth. Culture is at the heart of this world-leading food manufacturer of frozen and chilled potato products.
They are now looking to appoint a Regional Account Executive to develop and grow the business within the oxford area.
Primary responsibilities:
- Develop sales opportunities through new business accounts and developing incremental business within the free trade channel
- Demonstrate and explain a product in a structured approach, to ensure new and existing business is enhanced
- Manage local distributors and national depots in your region to assist in demonstrating New Product Development
- Regular business reviews meetings with the distributor & wholesalers to measure budget/volume performance and gain joint agreement for action plans
- General administration to be fully complete on time demonstrating attention to detail
The successful candidate:
The company has a best in class training and development program and are therefore more interested in soft skills than industry background. As a result, we are wanting to consider candidates from any industry.
- Ideally previous experience in Sales in the FMCG industry however not essential
- Strong communication, influencing and networking skills
- Ambitious, driven and personable
- Well-developed negotiation, presentation and persuasive selling skills
- Strong time management including planning & organising
- Self-motivation and personal ownership for business development
To apply directly please send a copy of your CV and cover letter through to sabrina.moghaddam@advocate-group.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.
Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.
Company
We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.
As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function.
Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists.
Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.
What Do We Offer?
- 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.
That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.
- 96% employee retention.
Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.
- 92% right-first-time shortlists.
Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.
- 28 days average time to hire.
From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.
Our Recruitment Solutions:
Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping
Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:
📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
-
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert