Job Description

Meat & Poultry Sales Specialist - Central Belt Scotland - Edinburgh/ Glasgow

£competitive with fantastic bonuses, company car or car allowance & home-based contract & excellent company benefits

An exciting opportunity has now arisen for a Meat & Poultry Specialist to join the Fresh Specialist team,

We are looking for a strong individual, motivated by winning and one that thrives in a collaborative environment that is all about a can do will do approach.

This role will help drive and deliver volume, sales and margin growth of specialist Meat & Poultry category, working closely with Area Sales Managers, Business Development Managers and Sales Consultants.

It will be your job to assist and maximise all sales opportunities within the Region, for both New business and share of wallet within this category, as well as finding potential new customers. You will do this by working closely with the teams, training basic knowledge to enable our teams to sell products and find larger opportunities.

This role is a remote based role but you need to be within a commuting distance of the Region.

What you’ll be doing:

• To help increase volume, sales turnover and margin within Chilled & Frozen Meat & Poultry category by working closely with independent sales teams on all customer opportunities
• To build excellent working relationships with customers, presenting & demonstrating the Meat & Poultry range accurately and professionally to help build trust and gain credibility.
• To promote the Brakes chilled meat & poultry proposition
• Working closely with Area Sales Managers, Business Development Managers and dedicated telesales specialist, to gain and develop new business & SOW
• Work closely with dedicated telesales to help sell through products at risk & reduce waste, plus assist with any product questions/knowledge/advice
• Actively participate/contribute to team meetings, to train and develop knowledge of Brakes sales teams, ensuring that they maximise all opportunities within their customer base
• Accurate completion of weekly & monthly administration
• Building and maintaining a robust pipeline, ensuring all details are captured through Salesforce, understanding ALL customers’ requirements, barriers, availability etc
• Maximise selling opportunity by analysis of customers’ requirements & gap fill
• Continually maintain competitor and market awareness
• To jointly own and manage your personal and career development with your line manager

About you:

We are looking for a confident individual who is people orientated and able to build relationships both internally and externally. The ideal candidate will have proven product knowledge of the category with the ability to perform market research and competitor analysis. This role is suited to someone who has the passion and enthusiasm to succeed and have the tenacity to go out and win new business. You will be able to demonstrate and cook our great steak range for customers.

Ideally seeking experience of:

• CRM system usage
• Data analysis and reporting
• KPI and target management
• Customer relationship management