Regional Field Sales Executive - Carlow
Are you a graduate or early‑career sales professional ready to make your mark in a global FMCG business? We're looking for a Regional Field Sales Executive to join our high‑performing team and help drive growth across Carlow, Kilkenny and surrounding areas.
Launch your sales career today
Are you a confident, ambitious self‑starter ready to take your first or next step in sales? Do you thrive on hitting targets, building relationships, and making a real impact? If so, we've got the perfect opportunity for you.
Join our industry‑leading Field Sales Team as a Regional Field Sales Executive, where you'll be part of a global business powered by 25,000 passionate employees and driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence.
Why this role is perfect for graduates and junior sales talent
* Unrivalled Training & Mentoring: We'll equip you with hands‑on experience, product and commercial knowledge, and ongoing support to help you grow.
* Career Progression: We take development seriously. Your success is our priority, and we'll help you build a long‑term career.
* Inclusive Culture: Be part of a team that values engagement, well‑being, and collaboration.
This is a field‑based role, and you will need to be able to travel to your customers' sites across Carlow, Kilkenny and surrounding areas. You will ideally live in Carlow or Kilkenny to make it easier to travel to your customers' sites.
All candidates must hold a valid Full Driving Licence.
Principle Accountabilities
* Drive business across Retail, multiple and Independent Stores, Key Accounts and Wholesale.
* Partner with Independent and Wholesale outlets in your area, establishing excellent relationships through a range of Key Accounts Operations Team to Retailers and key contacts within wholesalers, having value‑adding conversations to sell in new products to meet the customer's identified needs.
* Drive customer advocacy for our brands by achieving sales, market share, distribution, availability, and coverage targets within the defined area.
* Identify and communicate merchandising opportunities to your customers to help ensure the best possible space allocation and visibility of Imperial brands on shelf.
* Identify new business opportunities by having a great understanding of the category and shopper behaviour in‑store.
* Achieve sales, market share, distribution, availability, and coverage targets within your defined area and ensure that our trade incentives and activities are put to the best use.
Skills and Experience Required
* Previous and/or current Face‑to‑Face Sales Experience.
* Experienced in building face‑to‑face relationships.
* Have excellent communication and people skills, and proven ability to build rapport quickly.
* Be a team player with an understanding of wider team goals and how you can impact them.
* Self‑supportive, managing time and resources effectively; and be able to use your initiative and to act exclusively when required.
* Able to set and meet self‑stretching targets.
What We Offer
* Competitive Base Salary.
* 24% yearly bonus opportunity.
* Company vehicle.
* Company Phone and iPad.
* 22 days annual leave in addition to public and bank holidays, increasing with service and an option to purchase additional holiday.
* Generous company pension scheme.
Everyone Belongs
Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro‑divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.
About Us
We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award‑winning development programmes that create exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.
As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.
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