Purina Petcare Sales Representative (E/W Flanders + Hainaut)

Pets are our passion, safety is our promise and progress is our pledge. We work smarter, not harder. As a result, we’re widely known as a ‘Best Place to Work’. We make some of the world's most popular and trusted food brands and are committed to advancing the science, health and food products for pets.

Position Summary

We are looking for a Sales representative for our Purina Petcare brands in East/West Flanders and Hainaut. You would be in charge of our specialist network customers: Pet shop, Breeders, etc.

If you have a passion for Pets and the drive to achieve your goals and targets, this role might be the perfect match for you.

Your main responsibilities

Ensure achievement of agreed targets/KPIs (Numerical Distribution, Number of displays sold, LEAP objectives, ...) for his/her Region. He will analyse, argumenting Nestlé's propositions in order to reach the objectives.
He/She should act as the Nestlé- & POS specialist and master the 4 marketing P parameters for his/her specific region. Coordinate and improve the presence of our assortment + innovations (instore and on shelf), negotiate and plan the different promotional activities, give feedback on own activities as well as on competition ( pricing, support, launches,OOS...) .
Manage and create close collaboration with the customers to win in-store (Remodelings, LEAP activations, exposition Promos, ...)
When necessary making the liaison between the customers and the company in case of service issues or claims (delivery issues, quantity/quality problems, administration & accounting corrections).
Scouting & activation of new independent Pet shop, Garden centers, breeders...

What will make you successful

Ideally experience within Pet specialty channel, not necessary in Field Sales.
You speak Dutch and French fluently and will manage East/West Flanders and Hainaut.
Key capabilities can be summarized as : demonstrate capacity to analyze all different opportunities and prepare an adequate frequency and coverage planning.
A Sales Representative should have the agility to assess all potential opportunities in line with the given KPI.
You must show a strong level of stress resilience in order to cope with all potential questions & issues from his customers and within the company. (Eg. Questions regarding orders & return requests, issues with CN & invoices, payment issues, ... etc)
You will act as a Nestlé ambassador.

Nestlé is 308,000 employees strong and are driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic international working environment with constant opportunities for development. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.