Description
**Your opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven sales person to join the business as a Territory Manager. This a great opportunity to work with market leading brands.
**Position summary
You are responsible for being a single point of contact for your grocery accounts, servicing Countdown and Foodstuffs within your Auckland territory.
You can realise your full potential at Nestlé, working among the leading teams in nutrition, health and wellness. As part of a global network, you can use your skills to influence others and make a positive impact where you own a piece of the action.
**A day in the life
In this role, you will be required to:
- Provide best in class customer engagement and service levels
- Create and sustain customer sales at an optimum level through distribution, placement and display
- Coach and develop merchandisers in your region
- Drive growth and have ownership of territory sales targets
- Plan and execute aligned Category focused strategies
- Manage end to end territory activities, including administration tasks
**What will make you successful
Armed with at least 2 years of sales experience ideally within FMCG sales, well-developed communication, and interpersonal skills, you'll enjoy growing and maintaining existing relationships to actively promote our range of products to our customers.
This is a rewarding role for someone who can juggle multiple responsibilities within a busy portfolio ranging from planning, sales to administrative activities. You'll also be tech savvy; in other words, proficient in using Microsoft Office, in particular Outlook and Excel.
Applicants must have full New Zealand working rights
**Benefits
You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.
In addition, we offer:
- Purchased leave scheme
- Varied career experiences and personalised development
- Diversity & inclusion initiatives and program
- Discounted gym membership
- Volunteering leave, sports leave, emergency services leave
- Paid parental leave
**Our story
Nestlé enjoys a reputation as one of the world's largest FMCG companies and a leader in nutrition, health and wellness. Our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the great training, development, rewards and recognition we extend to every member of our 5000-strong Oceania workforce.
At Nestlé, you will work in a supportive environment where your ideas and points of view will be championed by a collaborative team. Together, we will drive the strength of our brands, the quality of our products, and the future of our business.
At Nestlé, you can make a difference to millions of lives, every single day. As a large, global company that's driven by purpose, you and your team can add your piece of legacy of creating a better, healthier future.