Sales Representative
- Employer
- Cavendish Maine
- Location
- South East England
- Salary
- £25000 - £30000 plus 10% bonus + choice of car, phone etc
- Closing date
- 20 Apr 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Top quality pet food with strong brand name and reputation
Customer base of existing / prospect independent pet shops
Sell in new packaging, new deals and new POS material
The Company:
This long-established pet food manufacturer has been supplying UK retailers, owners and pets for decades. Their brands have huge heritage with the independent specialist trade, but competitors have been eroding market share and it is time to respond with new packaging, promotions and flavours.
Sales Representative – South East:
The new Sales Representative will cover the South East of England (Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex, London, Sussex, Kent, Herts, Essex, Beds), visiting independent pet shops to promote and support the company’s ranges.
Key responsibilities will include:
Create a journey plan that provides regular calls to all customers
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 Sales Representative role – South East:
We are looking for a well-trained field sales Representative with experience selling to independent retailers. This could be a food or non-food fmcg, tobacco, drinks – if you have been used to dealing with decision makers and managing on-going customer relationships.
Other qualities we are looking for include:
Based in Surrey, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, London, Sussex, Herts, Essex
A proven track record of ability to open new retail accounts and grow area sales turnover
Experience dealing with independent shops and closing sales with the decision maker
Excellent sales skills – a good listener who can understand needs and sell benefits
Right personality – positive, likeable, good sense of humour, builds relationships easily
Enjoys running small training sessions and providing education to customers
The benefits:
The job holder will enjoy a competitive basic salary and bonus scheme plus choice of new car, laptop, printer and a smart phone.
For more information and to apply please contact:
Contact:
Name Nick Hester
Telephone 01275 813030
Candidate Care:
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 for 6 months, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this please call us on 01275 813000.
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.
- Website
- http://www.cavendishmaine.com/
- Telephone
- 01275 813000
- Location
-
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB
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