Sales Manager
Hernshead Recruitment
We have partnered with a fantastic start up FMCG brand on making the first hire of a soon to be exciting and growing sales team!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced FMCG salesperson to become the driving force of all things sales for a new and exciting brand in the booming beer industry.
Day-to-day Responsibilities of the Role
- Account management – Grow the rate of sale of Jiddler’s Tipple beers in new and existing accounts.
- Set, monitor, and achieve KPIs.
- Be a brand ambassador – Build the brand and increase sales by engaging directly with consumers and business owners through training, events, and samplings.
- Differentiate our brand through added value opportunities for our customers.
- Sales pipeline management.
- Sales team growth and management – as the brand grows, we’ll need a strong leader to manage the sales function.
Who We’re Looking For
- A driven, persistent individual who is resilient and keen to develop their career with us.
- Someone with a positive, can-do attitude who is flexible and enjoys learning.
- Someone with a great sense of humour who likes to have fun!
- Someone autonomous and accountable who is happy managing their time and work independently.
- Someone passionate about good food and drink (and ideally beer!).
- Experience in previous sales roles with a strong track record of success.
- A people person – Excellent relationship/rapport building and interpersonal skills with customers, consumers, internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate effectively face to face, by phone and via email.
- Strong organisational skills – ability to plan and prioritise work and effectively journey plan across an area to maximise efficiency.
- Flexibility for some evening/weekend work.
- Tech savvy – Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.) and ideally sales or customer management software.
- Management and leadership experience – This is desirable, but not essential.
The Benefits
- Competitive salary plus bonus (dependent on experience).
- Annual bonus (linked to company financial performance).
- Opportunity to participate in the company share options scheme (performance dependent).
- Flexible working (location, hours).
- Very generous beer allowance!
- Opportunity to see how all functions of a business operate in a fast-growing FMCG start-up.
- Potential to become Head of Sales with full responsibility of scaling and running the function.
- 30 days holiday (including public holidays).