Territory Manager

Location / Region
:
East London & surrounding areas (Ideal Postcode E1)

Contract Type
:
Permanent, Full-time

Salary / Rate
: £29,000 per annum + 10% performance related bonus

Other Benefits
:
Small Company Van + Fuel Card

We’re recruiting a Territory Manager to manage and grow one of our convenience clients in East London and Surrounding areas. You’ll build strong relationships with store decision‑makers, negotiate additional displays, increase distribution and visibility, and drive sales for well‑known household brands.

This role is ideal for someone with field sales or direct selling 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.

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.

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 territory and planning visits around store manager availability to maximise 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
• Executing merchandising activity in line with brand guidelines
• Actively selling and promoting products to maximise sales and visibility
• Using sales data to track performance and identify growth opportunities

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 communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders
• Excellent time management and territory planning ability
• Be elf‑motivated and results‑driven
• A full UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in convenience sector
• Merchandising or POS execution experience
• Direct selling skills

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 and early pay access
• 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…