Territory Manager

Overview

Job Title: Territory Manager

Location / Region
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Ideal location Glasgow (covering Glasgow and Edinburgh postcodes)

Industry
: FMCG / Convenience

Contract Type: Fixed Term, Full Time
- until 7th October 2026 with a great chance to lead to a permanent opportunity.

Working Pattern: Monday-Friday (No Weekend Working)

Salary / Rate: £29,000 per annum (pro rated) + 10% KPI bonus & £250.00 retention bonus

Other Benefits: Company Van + Fuel Card

The Role at a Glance

We’re recruiting a Territory Manager to manage and grow our new client working on a large global brand in the Glasgow/Edinburgh area . You’ll build strong relationships with store decision‑makers within the convenience/independent channel, negotiate additional displays and increase distribution and visibility for well‑known household brands.

This role is ideal for someone with field sales experience who enjoys autonomy, building relationships, and seeing the direct impact of your work in store. This role offers the chance to work with a range of different, market leading clients and get your foot in the door with our range of specialist agencies. Not only does this opportunity give you a wide range of experiences, but you’ll also have continuous support from colleagues, fantastic career growth opportunities and excellent perks.

About Us

Zing is part of Avidity Group Ltd, the parent company of a group of sales and marketing agencies - Zing, McCurrach, Standout, Wave & Thumbprint.

We put a little zing into sales. We build communities of tactical teams who support leading brands with new product launches, building distribution and availability, increasing sales in targeted locations and giving consumers the best possible shopping experience.

Be yourself and grow, have your voice heard, and develop your career with flexible working policies and an abundance of opportunity with a sustainable, forward-thinking agency.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Territory Manager, you’ll manage your own territory, working closely with the Regional Sales Manager and a friendly, supportive field team.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Managing a FMCG convenience/independent territory and planning visits around store manager availability to masximise opportunities
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with store managers and key decision makers
• Negotiating additional displays and promotional activity
• Driving distribution, availability and compliance across agreed product ranges
• drive sales based on a solid selling story around our brands and category.

What We’re Looking For

We are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following skills and experience, but if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply - you might be just the right person for our team.

You’ll need:

• Experience working in field sales or similar role
• Strong communications skills
• Excellent time management and territory planning ability
• Be self-motivated and results-driven
• A full UK Driving License (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)

Nice to Have:

• Merchandising or POS executive experience
• Direct selling skills

What You’ll Get In Return – Benefits And Perks

At Zing, we recognise that people are the key to our success. That’s why our benefits package is designed to offer continuous support, learning and development opportunities delivered by our in-house L&D team, support your wellbeing and work-life balance.

Our competitive benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary and remuneration: annual pay reviews, performance bonuses
• Transport:
  Company vehicle and fuel card
• Flexible working policies: SMART working options for all staff members and no weekend working
• Flexible annual leave entitlement: 23 days paid holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to purchase 5 additional annual leave days
• Family friendly policies: enhanced sick pay, maternity/paternity leave, carers leave and parental leave
• Health and Wellbeing:
  Employee assistance programme, including 6 face-to-face counselling sessions, wellness taskforce, community of mental health first aiders and wellness workshops
• Learning and development: PDR objectives,…