Position Snapshot 

Territory Sales Manager
Business Area: Nestlé Purina
Field Based – flexible across the UK
Salary up to £35,000 depending upon experience + car + potential bonus + fantastic benefits package

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Position Summary
At Nestlé PURINA Pet Care, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives because we're pet owners too.  As a world leading company in pet care and nutrition, Nestlé PURINA has been helping pets live healthy, happy lives for over 85 years. We are proud to produce some of the UK’s best loved brands including FELIX®, WINALOT®, GO-CAT®, BAKERS® and PURINA ONE & GOURMET, trusted and bought by millions of pet owners.

We believe that pets and people are better together which is why our employees can bring their dogs to work at our Gatwick and Sudbury sites.

Due to expansion, we are recruiting for a Territory Sales Manager - this role is a unique opportunity to truly blend key customer management with fast paced new business development and to be a leading contributor to delivering on the ambitious growth plans within the Purina team.

A day in the life of a Territory Sales Manager …
This is an incredibly exciting and diverse role, in which you will be responsible for driving new business and growing our relationships with clinics and clinical groups and achieve best in class activation of all NPD and brand initiatives within Purina accounts. 

You will drive the conversion of vet practices within corporate clinics and clinical groups to stock PRO PLAN and PRO PLAN Veterinary Diets first line to achieve territory sales conversion target.

Responsibilities will include: 

• Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual targets for sales and recommendation of the PRO PLAN and PPVD brands through the effective management of existing accounts and the acquisition of new business.
• To achieve new clinic conversion numbers in line with targets and target clinics and clinical groups agreed with Field Sales Manager, using well developed sales and negotiation skills to win new business.
• To achieve KPIs for Strategic Plan focus areas, including NPD and in clinic initiative
• Effective management of customer through optimised contact and visit strategy ranging from routine visits, quarterly reviews, staff training, category relays, advocacy days.
• To acquire and maintain a high level of technical product knowledge to facilitate conversations will all levels of practice staff.
• To deliver training tailored to practice requirements when needed, to achieve sales and recommendation objectives.
• Thorough understanding of customers strategy and competitor activity and create awareness internally through networking to ensure an appropriate feed into the channel business planning process.
• Develop and implement a jointly agreed Customer Business Plans to achieve targets in line with Channel strategy, delivering excellent execution of Key Sales Fundamentals.

What will make you successful?
We’re looking for candidates who are passionate about nutrition. You will have already demonstrated successful performance within sales and will be passionate about building high value customer relationships, be able to demonstrate strong commercial acumen and have a strong and determined focus on delivering results.

You will be self-driven and able to demonstrate your experience of delivering new business wins vs. stretching targets. Your ability to adapt your communication style to a broad range of decision makers, be resilient in the face of challenging situations and be able to influence both internally and externally will be key.

Ideally, you’ll have the below skills and experience:

• A proactive nature with commercial awareness and excellent numeracy skills 
• Business development experience essential
• Veterinary channel experience is beneficial
• Knowledge of Companion animals or pet industry beneficial 
• Highly proficient in Excel and comfortable using other Microsoft Office programs - IT literate Makes good use of insightful information and is naturally analytical
• Organised and adept at planning and prioritising workloads
• Ability to travel within designated geographical territory 

What you need to know
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job advert posting date 30/01/2025
Job advert closing date 13/02/2025

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