Business Development Opportunity
Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated Business Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in sales and merchandising, with experience in the FMCG industry.
Key Responsibilities:
* Maintain a regular call schedule on all specified outlets within the agreed geographical area.
* Improve and maintain existing client share of space, distribution, and displays within these outlets.
* Identify and maximize further display opportunities within the outlets and install secondary items of point of sale material.
* Advise the Field Sales Manager of retail enquiries/requests for major items of display equipment.
* Encourage the retailer to feature display as many POIs as possible.
* Motivate the retailer to sustain their active co-operation in the display and space/recommendation of client products.
* Encourage the retailer to widen their distribution of client products.
Requirements:
* FMCG industry experience with 3+ years sales/merchandising experience in multiples and impulse grocery retail accounts.
* Strong commercial acumen.
* A desire to achieve excellence in execution.
* Accountability for the performance of their territory and an ability to be creative in dealing with problem accounts.
* An ability to continually improve ways of working.
* A strong communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills to be able to manage both internal and external relationships.
* IT literate with an ability to use handheld reporting technology.
* Full clean driving license.
Benefits:
* Annual base salary: €30,000.
* 10% OTE.
* Lunch allowance of €10 per day.
* Company car and fuel card provided.
* Phone and tablet supplied.
Skills:
* FMCG business development.
* Sales.
* Merchandising.