Business Development Executive - High-growth sports & wellness brand
Liverpool Area
* £26,000-£32,000
* £6,000 bonus potential
* Company Car
* Social and fun working environment
* Field Based
Are you passionate about health and wellbeing? Would you like to combine this passion with working with a fantastic, market-leading business in the Health & Wellness sector?
This global FMCG business was founded in Sweden in 2008 and has since established a successful portfolio of brands in functional food and drinks all over the world, with year-on-year growth in the UK. Their business is all about Health and Wellness and is characterised by passion and an action-oriented working environment. Their brands are having great success, which is giving rise to big company growth
They are incredibly passionate that their products reflect their ethos - their people live in such a way that they represent the business to the best of their ability. If you are a positive person, curious and have an entrepreneurial spirit, you will love this opportunity.
Opportunity:
We're looking for a Field Sales Executive in a home-based role. You'll join a small but rapidly growing team and focus on supporting customers based in Manchester and the surrounding areas. We want a tenacious individual to help continue to grow their brands across retail, wholesale & convenience channels. Their products are already a household name in many fitness establishments, and they are looking to expand across all channels
Culture and fit are absolutely everything to these guys. If you've had some sales experience, that would be great, but it really is more about having the right attitude and the tenacity to develop those channels, be able to work collaboratively as part of the team, have a natural curiosity and always strive to improve and develop your own skills.
We're looking for this:
* 'Can do' attitude.
* A sincere interest in being part of a rapidly developing team andan appreciation for regular change.
* Open and friendly personality.
* Well organised with strong and clear communication skills
* Eye for detail
* Solution oriented
You'll be doing this:
* Supporting, developing, and activating your area of customers across all channels (Wholesale, Convenience, Retail).
* Selling the existing range, new launches and campaigns to customers in the retail, convenience & hospitality sector.
* Creating efficient and effective plans with commercial and brand guidance.
* Building & developing relationships with existing decision maker across key routes to market and wholesale partners to ensure customers and consumer needs are met.
* Maximising brand awareness and communicating new product opportunities.
* Ensuring promotional activity is implemented and identifying and implementing in store merchandising opportunities to increase brand visibility & availability.
And you'll need this:
* Some experience in a commercial setting or an obvious aptitude to learn.
* Be able to work effectively under own initiative.
* Passionate about finding new creative sales solutions together with your customers and you believe in establishing long-term relationships.
* Ability to highlight and follow through with challenges and opportunities alike.
* Thrive on a high pace and quick decisions. You are socially skilled and humble towards both customers and colleagues.
* Thorough, structured and with a high work ethic.