Location / Region: Reading & surrounding areas- Ideal postcode RG1
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Salary / Rate: £27,527 per annum plus performance related bonus
Other Benefits: Company Car + Fuel Card
The role at a glance
We’re recruiting an enthusiastic Territory Manager to represent Kerry Dairy and Pilgrims Food Masters across Reading. You’ll build strong relationships with key decision‑makers in store, secure additional displays, increase distribution and drive sales and visibility for their well‑established product range.
This role is ideal for someone with field sales or direct selling experience who enjoys autonomy, building relationships and delivering results in a fast‑paced retail environment. It offers continuous support from colleagues, fantastic career growth opportunities and excellent perks.
About Us
McCurrach is part of Avidity Group Ltd, the parent company of a group of sales and marketing agencies (McCurrach, Standout, Wave, Thumbprint & Zing). We are a leading field sales and marketing agency that helps brands sell more through a multi‑faced approach and delivers an outstanding service and optimises results.
The Kerry Dairy and Pilgrims Food Masters Account and team
You’ll play a key role in developing relationships with retailers, growing Kerry Dairy and Pilgrims Food Masters market share within your defined territory, driving sales of their fantastic portfolio of Richmond Sausages, Strings & Things, and Fridge Raiders by maximising brand availability and visibility in Grocery stores.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Territory Manager, you’ll take ownership of your defined territory, working closely with the Regional Manager and supportive team to deliver against your agreed targets.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Managing a territory and planning visits around store manager availability to maximise opportunities
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with store managers and key decision‑makers
- Negotiating additional displays and promotional activity
- Driving distribution, availability and visibility across the agreed product range
- Executing merchandising activity in line with brand guidelines
- Actively selling to key contacts to maximise sales and visibility
- Using sales data to track performance and identify growth opportunities
What We’re Looking For
We are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following skills and experience:
- Experience working in field sales or a similar role
- Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders
- Excellent time management and territory planning ability
- Be self‑motivated and results‑driven
- A full UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)
Nice to Have:
- Merchandising or POS execution experience
- Direct selling skills
What You’ll Get in Return – Benefits and Perks
At McCurrach, we recognise that people are the key to our success. Our benefits package is designed to offer continuous support, learning and development opportunities, support your wellbeing and work‑life balance.
Our competitive benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary and remuneration: annual pay reviews, performance bonuses and early pay access
- Transport: Company van and fuel card
- Flexible working policies: SMART working options for all staff members and no weekend working
- Flexible annual leave entitlement: 23 days paid holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to purchase 5 additional annual leave days
- Family friendly policies: enhanced sick pay, maternity/paternity leave, carers leave and parental leave
- Health and Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, including 8 face‑to‑face counselling sessions, wellness taskforce, community of mental health first aiders and wellness workshops
- Learning and development: PDR objectives, mentorship, career development plans, access to internal vacancies across all our Group Agencies
- Additional perks: discounted private healthcare, retail discounts, daily lunch allowance and life assurance
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Feel empowered to be your best and authentic self in a safe and supportive working environment. Our colleagues come from a variety of backgrounds, education, experience levels, age groups, religions and ethnicities. We’re committed to inclusive and blind recruitment practices, providing forward‑thinking policies and celebrating diversity through engagement sessions for key events.
