Sales Representative

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.