Job Description

The Role

Do you have a natural passion for sales? Are you a confident, ambitious, target driven, self starter looking to excel your sales career within a inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees?



We have an exciting opportunity to join our industry leading

Field Sales Team

as a

Field Sales Executive

in

Yorkshire.

We are looking for a

Field Sales Executive

who can use their own initiative alongside working alongside an experienced team of

Regional Field Sales Executives.

Your territory will include:East to West coast including: Leeds, Bradford, York, Huddersfield, Bridlington, Hull and surrounding areas.



You will be joining a long service, established team - giving you the best support and mentoring. This is the perfect development opportunity to give you practical hands on skills, product knowledge, commercial knowledge for you to develop your career with us.



To ensure your success, we offer unrivalled training and a mentoring scheme. If you want to develop your career with an organisation that takes development, engagement, well-being, and progression seriously then this is the role for you.



This is a 100% field-based role, and you will need to be able to travel to your customers sites from the

East to West coast

including:

Leeds, Bradford, York, Huddersfield, Bridlington, Hull

and surrounding areas

.

You will ideally live in

Leeds or Bradford

to make it easier to travel to your customers sites.

All candidates must hold a valid Full UK driving licence.

Please note:

Overnight stays will be required as needed.

Principle Accountabilities

Deliver on the business's KPI's across Key Accounts Wholesale and Independent Retailers Build an in-depth knowledge of customer needs and shopper dynamics Partner with retail Independent and Wholesale outlets in your area, establishing excellent relationships within your territory through a range of Independent Retailers and key contacts within wholesaler, having value-add conversations to sell in new products to meet the customer's identified needs Build customer advocacy for our brands by educating retailers in the market and industry legislation Achieve sales, market share, distribution, availability, and coverage targets within your defined area and ensure that our trade incentives and activities are put to the best use Identify new business opportunities by having an enhanced knowledge of the category and shopper behaviour in-store

Skills and Experience Required

Previous and / or current Face to Face Sales Experience within an FMCG business Experienced in building face to face relationships and selling to retailers Have excellent communication and people skills, and proven ability to build rapport quickly Experienced in utilising CRM / sales based systems and have high accuracy skills Self-supportive, highly organised, managing time and resources effectively; and be a team player with an understanding of wider team goals and how you can impact them Able to set and meet self-stretching targets

What We Offer

Annual salary of 30,000 (37,000 OTE) Generous pension scheme Company car, phone and tablet 29 days annual leave in addition to public and bank holidays, with an option to purchase additional holiday Competitive benefits including: Health and wellbeing scheme, discount scheme & share save scheme

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.



As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.