At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations' worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.
Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.
Title: Field Sales Executive
Function: Commercial
Location: Hampshire / Dorset
Salary: Competitive + Company Car
Are you a Field Sales Executive looking for a new challenge and would loaf to build a career in the FMCG industry with the UK’s most chosen brand?
We are recruiting for a Field Sales Executive covering the Hampshire and Dorset area.
If you are passionate about sales and want to be a part of a leading bakery brand, we would love to hear from you.
The Recipe
Be part of a great family. As an organisation that is 149 years old, with a clear purpose and values, we provide staple products that help to feed our nation. You’ve probably tasted our products - now have a taste of what it means to be part of the family behind developing, creating and delivering all the incredible products that we’re famous for. We’re proud of our heritage and we love our brand, we know you will too!
At Warburtons, we are committed to your growth and development. We offer a range of career progression opportunities to help you achieve your professional goals. We will provide you with ongoing training and support that will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in your role and advance within the commercial team.
The Role
Working within our Instore Sales Field Team as a Territory Manager, you’ll be responsible for driving sales, executing our brand plans in store with excellence and acting as a brand ambassador for our products.
This is an amazing opportunity for someone to develop their area and build strong customer relationships with our stores. You’ll love networking and building on existing relationships driving growth and sales through category-based initiatives within your stores and territory.
You'll focus on driving growth within some of our current retailers, delivering the channel and customer plans instore, ensuring the successful execution of all customer in store activities and the achievement of targets within your defined territory to ensure we feed the nation.
As part of the wider team, we’ll be looking for you to create opportunities and harness innovative ways to add value to the wider business. You’ll be passionate about achieving territory targets and sharing best practice. Through quality process and living our values, you’ll build a solid partnership with our customers.
It’s not essential that you have any previous experience, but it definitely helps if you have a commercial mind, are comfortable with building relationships and curious about retail or market trends and changes.
Essential Ingredients
Excellent communication skills: great at building relationships and establishing credibility with both internal and customer contacts.
Commercial knowledge: good understanding of numbers and the key levers for driving sales.
Confidence to work autonomously and manage own workload.
Analytical experience: proven ability to interpret and evaluate complex data.
Proactive with the ambition to develop a career within Commercial Sales.
Brilliant organisational skills: managing own and others time effectively.
Competent with IT systems: including Excel, PowerPoint, and customer specific software.
A solution mindset: someone that enjoys turning challenges into results.
Full driving licence Extra Dough
And last but by no means yeast, you will want to know what your bread is worth:
Competitive Salary
Company car
A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us, and we know it will be to you, so you’ll have 5 weeks holiday and bank holidays with the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year
Award winning pension scheme
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Support for your health and wellbeing, access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do