Field Sales Executive - South
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, South East England
- Salary
- £28000 - £30000 per annum + OTE, Car
- Closing date
- 3 Mar 2021
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
An exciting position has become available for a tenacious, hungry and ambitious sales (retail or consumer goods background) professional to join my client as their new Field Sales Executive - South to head up sales across a large region.
Field Sales Executive - South
Client Details
My client is a leading barbecue brand based on the south.
Description
The Field Sales Executive - South will pick up and run with a large territory across the south. They will spend their time visiting and selling into independent and large regional garden centre clients and similar customers, influencing sales, helping to support product training and knowledge and growing sales across many customers.
They will also support with the merchandising for the products and be on hand as and when the customers need them to maximise sales opportunities. The role will see this person representing the brand and business positively in the market, being busy, flexible and available and be hands on.
The successful candidate will work to agreed sales and customer targets and agree customer plans each year with key customers.
Profile
The Field Sales Executive - South will ideally come with the following skills and experience:
- ideally we would like someone who has worked within a garden centre previously or currently, or someone who has sold into this sector recently
- ideally someone who has worked with products such as BBQ's and / or other medium ticket products sold into this sector
- have experience of b2b, d2c selling, excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
- have the right attitude and approach, be keen to learn and maximise this opportunity to grow with a great business
- have a full, clean drivers license and be very flexible around the working week for travel and sales meetings when required
- ideally be based in the south east England area or in the south generally
Job Offer
up to £30,000 base salary per annum + company car + agreed commission/OTE
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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