Territory Manager

Location: Field based – Munster / South Leinster / Carlow / Kilkenny / Wexford

Salary up to €48,000 depending on experience + company car + potential bonus + other fantastic benefits

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Position Summary

We are currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity for a Territory Manager to join our Nestlé Health Science Sales team and drive distribution of the portfolio of vitamins, minerals, herbals and supplements (VMHS) brands in existing and new business in order to drive profitable growth.

Reporting directly to the Ireland Business Manager & Team Lead, you will be working for the world’s largest food & drink manufacturer with some of the worlds most loved Supplement brands, think Solgar, Nature’s Bounty, Vital Proteins, Minami and more

The Territory Manager is responsible for managing the promotional activities, pricing and agreements, evaluating performance; and analysing sales data and insight including order tracking and external data to feed into forecast assumptions and delivery of sales targets by customer and by territory.

A day in the life of a Territory Manager ...

You will manage business systems including customer CRM for all VMHS customers providing insight and support to the UK Business Manager to accurately forecast the VMHS business and drive performance and profitable growth. Your key responsibilities will include:

- Contribute to delivery of VMHS & CC commercial targets

- Deliver territory specific KPIs to include value, trade spend contribution, new business and distribution of key lines for each VMHS brand. Key point of contact for NestléHealth Science VMHS customers within territory.

- Demonstrate autonomy to manage journey plans, prioritise customer visits & meetings where the opportunities are to deliver against strategic imperatives taking a consultative approach.

- Provide analysis where required to customers and internal stakeholders.

- Full ROI analysis of all customer investment to ensure trade spend is spent in most effective way in line with the Brand & Business Strategy. Regular trade spend reviews with Sales Operations & Head of Field Sales to manage budget.

- Create and deliver territory strategy aligned to the business strategic imperatives. Taking a category approach to win distribution in existing and new business while delivering excellent execution in conjunction with brand campaigns and aspirations.

- Daily analysis & insight of Customer orders and tracking to drive visibility and awareness of current monthly and forecasted sales position. Share reports and customer performance updates for use in Commercial Review.

- Contribute insight and data for the monthly review of volume, plans, NPS, NNS & TAs as part of the monthly business process. Provide regular updates to the Head of Field Sales identifying risks and opportunities to drive the maximum potential.

What will make you successful

To be successful, you’ll already have some fantastic territory sales experience under your belt within the healthcare industry/sector or within the consumer/ retail/ pharmacy/ drug /FMCG channels. You will be passionate, tenacious, results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment.

In addition, you will also have:

- Great Stakeholder Management skills including experience leveraging Nestlé in the Market (NIM) and External Partners

- Experience of managing CRM and other internal Dashboard Aids

- Self-starter with proactive initiative

- Resilient with a can-do attitude, open minded to diverse perspectives

- Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity

- Ability to see opportunities and implement action plans

- Strengths in quantitative rigour (Analytical Skills)

- Have a good understanding of financial management and KPI targets

In the Nestlé Sales Team, we are creating an environment where we all feel we belong, we are the best we can be, and we win together. We want people to feel they can be themselves, dare greatly and believe their best is yet to come. We will actively encourage you to gain different experience in a wide range of roles including our Category Development teams. We want our people to have the breadth and depth of experience and as a result an unrivalled Sales career which could lead to senior roles both in the UK and across other markets. Supported by our industry leading eBusiness and Sales Academies which develops you in all aspects of eCommerce, customer and category management, you truly can achieve your full potential whatever that might mean for you.

We will provide support and coaching to help you develop yourself in your career and as an individual, as well as offering great benefits that 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 up to an additional 12 days flex leave, bank holiday exchange, a defined benefit pension scheme and a real focus on personal development.

What you need to know

We will be considering and interviewing candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are deeply rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is a part of our organisations DNA; we’re immensely proud too that Nestlé Ireland is one of only a few companies in Ireland to qualify for and hold Gold Accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We know when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We recruit people who respect our values, we provide equal opportunities for all, and we protect everyone's privacy. Our aim is to have a workplace where everyone feels included and able to bring their whole self to work.

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