At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive sales and build relationships with iconic brands like Oral B, Olay & Braun.
- Company: Join an award-winning field marketing agency with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, company car, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic role with excellent growth potential and supportive team environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in-store while working with well-known brands.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and experience in retail or category management.
The predicted salary is between 28700 - 28700 £ per year.
Please note: This vacancy is a Fixed-Term Contract (approx. 12 months) for Maternity Cover.
Field Sales Solutions has an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning business as a Category Development Manager, working with some iconic brands – Oral B, Olay & Braun (Procter & Gamble). Are you driven, articulate and thrive on making things happen? If you love being out in the field, influencing results and taking real ownership of a category, this could be the role for you.
About us: Field Sales Solutions are a leading field marketing agency, proud to be a three-time winner of the FMBE Field Marketing Agency of the Year Award. We partner with some of the UK's most exciting and recognisable brands, delivering standout in-store execution that drives growth. We're now looking for a passionate and commercially focused individual to become a category expert within Electrical, Beauty & Skincare – growing sales, improving availability, educating store teams and delivering irresistible execution in store.
The Role Territory Covered: BA1, BA2, BA4, BA11, BA12, BA14, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9, BS13, BS16, BS21, BS22, BS23, BS24, BS30, BS32, BS34, BS37, BS39, SN14, SN15
As part of our Perfect Store Team, you'll be the face of Oral B, Olay & Braun within your stores, driving performance across your territory by:
- Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
- Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
- Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
- Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
- Ensuring EBS fixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
- Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
- Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
- Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
- Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
- Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.
What we're looking for:
- Excellent organisation and communication skills.
- Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
- Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
- Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
- Understanding of category management.
- A self-motivated, resilient individual who thrives on achieving results.
- Full UK driving licence and eligibility to work in the UK.
What's in it for you? In return for joining Field Sales Solutions, we offer a competitive and rewarding package:
- £28,700 salary
- Up to 15% performance-related bonus
- Company car & fuel card
- Clear career development opportunities
- Incentive programmes, including retailer discount schemes
- Health, wellbeing and financial guidance support
- Holiday accrual linked to length of service
Our values: At Field Sales Solutions, our values guide everything we do:
- Partnership – Transparent, collaborative and focused on shared success
- Return – Driving activity that delivers a positive ROI
- Ownership – Accountable, purposeful and proactive
- Upstanding – Honest, ethical and professional
- Determined – Resilient, focused and driven to succeed
We are PROUD to be Field Sales Solutions.
Field Sales Category Representative - EBS in Newport employer: Field Sales Solutions
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