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Area Sales Manager

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
South West + South Wales
Salary
£attractive basic salary plus open ended bonus potential, car and benefits
Closing date
17 Jun 2018

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

Job Details

Job title:          Area Sales Manager

Location:         South West + South Wales

Salary:             £attractive basic salary plus open ended bonus potential, car and benefits

Sector:             Pet food

Job type:         permanent

Job reference: NH 20100

  • Represent two of the world’s highest quality pet food brands
  • Inherit an established sales area with huge potential
  • Enjoy a bonus package that rewards high performance

The Company:

Bern Pet Foods Ltd is the UK & Ireland distributor for ‘Orijen’ and ‘Acana’ – the Canadian pet food brands that are considered to be some of the highest quality in the world. Over the last 15 years Uk sales have increased rapidly and we are pleased to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Sales Representative to join our team in the South West / South Wales area.

The role of Area Sales Manager:

Home based, you will work as a key member of a small team, planning your time to cover your area – visiting customers on a journey cycle that maximises contact time. Key responsibilities will include:

  • Assessing each customer’s sales history to establish an effective journey plan
  • Create specific objectives for every customer that will introduce new product listings and increase turnover
  • Build strong relationships with all decision makers and store staff
  • Provide product training and merchandising support
  • Achieving sales and activity targets
  • Feedback of market issues to the Sales Manager

Candidate Profile – Area Sales Manager:

This is an opportunity for a skilled field Sales Representative to develop our exciting brands in a lucrative area.

Specifically, we are looking for:

  • A home location in the Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Swindon or Taunton area
  • An impressive track record of field sales experience dealing with independent retailers
  • Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong understanding of effective journey planning
  • An enthusiastic, positive and sociable character
  • The ability to merchandise and provide in-store product training
  • A great communicator at all levels with excellent negotiating, influencing and presentation skills.
  • Highly self-motivated with the desire and determination to achieve results.

The benefits:

The job holder will enjoy a competitive basic salary and open-ended bonus scheme that fully rewards achievement. In addition, we offer a company car, fuel card, mobile and laptop.

For more information and to apply please contact Nick Hester at Cavendish Maine recruitment

Closing date for applications is Friday 25 May.

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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