Sales Executive - Retail Food
Due to rapid expansion and over 750 own label and branded product offerings, our client is offering a new and exciting vacancy for a Sales Executive
Territory will cover West Midlands, Manchester and London
What you will be doing as Sales Executive?
You will be visiting your convenience store customers within your territory and carrying stock to then sell to your customers directly or take orders for manufacture on one of three sites in the West Midlands and overseeing the process of delivery ensuring customers get a high quality service.
Some examples of our product offerings include exciting stir-in cooking sauces inspired from exotic locations around the world, and bringing real heat to our collection.
Our range of top-down, squeezy table sauces contain real, authentic ingredients, created to compliment the finished meal.
You will focus on working with our clients, driving sales in convenience outlets through building strong relationships with your key decision makers, store owners and shop assistants. Gaining greater visibility, display, and availability in store for our portfolio of product ranges including own brand
You will be calling on convenience stores within your territory. Increasing distribution of the range of products produced and manufactured by the company.
You will be confident in using sales data to approach key decision makers to effectively engage and sell stock into store. Negotiating space for products and siting the company product ranges in key locations.
What will you need to become our Sales Executive?- A passion for sales.
- The ability to engage with customers and suppliers.
- Business development skills or previous sales experience particularly in convenience store sales.
- Strong communication, negotiation, & time management skills.
- Ability to think strategically and analyse data.
- Proven record of demonstrating initiative & delivering results.
- Demonstrable commercial acumen.
- Graphical knowledge of the territory
- Previous sales in a convenience store capacity or similar
You must be eligible to work in the UK and have a full clean manual driving licence and use of a vehicle.
If you feel you have the right skills for the job, please forward your current CV at your earliest convenience.
All applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK and be able to provide documentation to this effect.
Due to the high levels of interest we receive for our roles, we cannot always respond to each application. Therefore if you do not hear back from us within 48 hours, you have not been shortlisted for this role.
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