Sales Representative / South West Permanent

Sales Representative – South West

Our client is hugely successful international retail product company (FMCG) with a very strong presence in Ireland. Seeking a Sales Representative offering a great career path and opportunity to work with a fantastic sales team full of drive and energy. Salary: ote €42K (Base €35K) plus car, laptop, phone and pension. 

Great opportunity for an ambitious, enthusiastic and engaging candidate looking for a career path in sales.

The Role: 

• Deliver on the business’s KPI’s across Key Accounts, Key Accounts Wholesale and Independent Retailers
• Build an in-depth knowledge of customer needs and shopper dynamics
• Partner with up to 200 retail Key Account, Independent and Wholesale outlets in your area, establishing excellent relationships within your territory through a range of Key Accounts Operations Teams to Independent Retailers and key contacts within wholesaler, having value-adding conversations to sell in new products to meet the customer’s identified needs
• Build customer advocacy for our brands by educating retailers
• Achieve sales, market share, distribution, availability and coverage targets within your defined area
• Identify and communicate merchandising opportunities to your customers to help ensure the best possible space allocation and visibility of Imperial brands on shelf
• Ensure that trade incentives and activities is put to the best use
• Monitor and report on competitor activity
• Identify new business opportunities by having a enhanced knowledge of the category and shopper behaviour in-store

The Candidate:

• Ideally candidates should possess relevant sales experience with strong customer service ability
• Able to work on one’s own initiative and be resilient to achieve targets
• Understanding of wider team goals and how you can impact them
• Have strong communication and people skills, and the ability to build rapport and relationships quickly
• Able to use your initiative and to act exclusively when required
• Efficient, accurate and timely in the administration associated with the role
• An effective team player

Send CV to Carol at Executive Edge