Field Sales Controller - South

Something big, properly big, is happening here. This is your opportunity to shape the future! Our client is a well-established global consumer business in the middle of a full-scale reinvention, reshaping its category and putting innovation, progress, and a bold future at the heart of everything it does. If you like momentum, ambition, and being trusted to make things happen, you’ll feel right at home.

We’re looking for a Field Sales Controller to lead the charge across the London region, with a strong focus on impulse channels and indirect trade. This role is all about turning strategy into standout execution. Take ownership of regional performance by translating big-picture goals into clear priorities, setting the rhythm of the business, and ensuring the right balance of distribution, volume, and quality acquisition is delivered across multiple categories and channels.

Working closely with the Head of Field Force, you’ll shape bottom-up plans, own deployment and growth strategies, manage budgets and headcount, and make sure resources, tools, and people are all pulling in the same direction. Data will be your best mate. You’ll live and breathe performance reports, heat maps, and insights, using them to spot trends, unlock opportunities, and test smarter ways of working.

At the centre of it all is people. You’ll lead, coach, and develop a team of Area Managers, creating a culture where high standards, inclusivity, and teamwork go hand in hand. From recruitment and succession planning through to day-to-day performance management, you’ll set the tone, role-model the right behaviours, and make sure everyone has the support and development they need to do their best work. Retention, motivation, and growth aren’t side projects here; they’re core to success.

The perfect candidate should have at least three years’ experience in a similar field leadership position within FMCG or another regulated consumer goods environment, ideally with solid exposure to impulse channels. You’ll bring a proven track record in national or regional sales leadership, brand growth, and multi-channel strategy, along with the organisational skills to juggle multiple priorities without dropping the ball.

In return, you’ll join a genuinely global organisation that invests in its people and offers long-term security in a fast-changing world. Outstanding performance is recognised, development is encouraged, and career paths can take you in more directions than you might expect, both in the UK and internationally.

If you’re ready to play a key role in changing the dynamics of a major consumer category, and you want a London-based field leadership role with real scale, pace, and purpose behind it, this could be the move that changes everything.