Field Sales Executive

Do you have the energy, drive, and ambition to elevate your career with a leading brand in the FMCG space?

A leading FMCG brand is on the lookout for a commercial individual to be part of their rapid growth across the Manchester region. This is a field-based role involving regular, daily travel to customers within the Convenience Channel
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This is your chance to really kickstart your sales career with a forward-thinking, progressive business that prioritises its people.

• Build relationships with customers within the convenience channel across your patch
• Execute direct market activation in the field
• Deliver promotional execution in market
• Train and coach distribution partner staff
• Distribute and manage POS materials
• Acquire new retailers aligned to the defined profile
• Ensure correct stock line distribution per outlet in line with required mix
• Distribute POS material and merchandise to existing stockists and new outlets as directed
• Support the appointed distributor with agreed promotional activity
• Communicate high-quality market insights to distributors
• Complete activity reporting on time and submit as directed
• Record and report all activities in line with company policy

• Flexible, enthusiastic, hardworking, and committed to a career in sales
• Self-starting, entrepreneurial, and highly adaptable in a rapidly changing marketplace
• A strong communicator who can influence and build credibility with distributor partners, internal and external customers, and industry contacts
• Comfortable working within a team, with the drive to set your own objectives and maintain consistent business development
• A quick learner and creative problem solver
• Full (manual) UK driver’s licence - ESSENTIAL

The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

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