Job Description
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Territory Manager - HORECA Market
Covering: Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Gloucester
ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES
The HoReCa Territory Representative will be responsible for building strategic relationships with the UK hospitality sector by working with clients in the HoReCa trade (bars, clubs, hotels, arenas) and establishing, maintaining and creating partnerships with potential partners. You will be responsible for the portfolio of NC products and their performance in the venues. You will be organized, articulate with strong communication skills as you will have daily interactions with clubs, bars, event organisers and managers. You will also support the activation team with Festival and Events throughout the year.
Reports to: Horeca Manager
Geographic Scope: : South Wales - South West UK Territory
WHAT WE OFFER:
· Competitive Base Salary: £36,000
· Bonus: Annually up to 20% of salary
· Equipment: Company car, mobile phone, tablet, fuel card
· Benefits: Excellent pension scheme, share scheme, private medical cover, life assurance
· Non taxable lunch allowance of £7 per day
· 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
· Life insurance
· Wellbeing tools: Employee Assistance Program, Mental Well-being App, Mental Health Champions, Allianz Mental Health Service, DoctorCare Anywhere
WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
* Responsible for developing strong relationships with potential partners (clubs, bars, pubs, arenas) to support the overall Marketing strategy for 2023/24. Signing new accounts aligned with the Activation objectives by watching the market closely and proactively searching for new opportunities
* Account management - building and maintaining the relationships while driving the company KPI's
* Performance management- Ensure optimal availability of products over long and short term. Monitoring Venues performance in order have the optimal Sell in and sell out or NC products.
* Work independently and effectively managing and prioritising your time
* Execute a territory coverage plan within a fixed geographic area of clubs/bars/hotels & events and festivals.
* Understand the brand strategies and consumer behaviour studies, to be up to date with the new trends in the HoReCa channel and in the target consumer segment
* Provide support and / or supplement the Events team in the implementation of BAT events & festivals and to monitor / evaluate the activations
* Achieve increase in number of HoReCa accounts and brand visibility of company products
* Ensure optimal availability of products over long and short term
* Work closely with the 3rd party agency to ensure an effective activation strategy & consumer journey
CAN THIS BE YOUR FUTURE ROLE?
* Do you have experience with building and maintaining relationships with clients?
* Do you have experience working within the hospitality or FMCG sectors?
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
* A passion and love for consumer brand marketing
* An understanding of experiential marketing and brand experience across the industry including insights, measurement and best practice
* Previous HoReCa experience preferred (clubs, bars)
* Influencing and negotiation skills
* Soft skill -use of the following packages: word, excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft outlook
* Analytic skills- able to run excel and analysis to make sure to be on top of territory performance.
* You must hold a full driving licence and be mobile across the territory based on the business needs
* Ability to learn and adapt to new systems
BENEFICIAL
* Good knowledge/awareness of the clubs/bars industry preferred
* Excellent communication skills
* Proven track record of achieving sales targets
* An ability to build positive, long-term working relationships with external partners
* Good understanding of marketing and brand
* An ability to work with and use data to support decision-making and engagement activities
* A proactive and self-driven approach to objectives
* An agile, creative, and collaborative working style
BELONGING, ACHIEVING, TOGETHER
Collaboration, diversity and teamwork underpin everything we do here at BAT. We know that collaborating with colleagues from different backgrounds is what makes us stronger and best prepared to meet our business goals. Come bring your difference!