Position Title: Regional Sales Executive

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Dublin

Requisition ID: 19880

For over 60 years we’ve been the number one branded player in frozen potato market. When it comes to bringing the nation together at mealtimes with simple, delicious and great tasting food we’re kind of a big deal!

You won’t just find us in supermarkets though. As well as owning a household retail brand, our respected foodservice business works in close partnership with distributors, chefs and caterers across thousands of the country’s pubs, restaurants, hospitals and schools.

We are passionate about potatoes

But we’re even more passionate about our People!

Do you currently work in a sales environment?

Are you a foodie with a love of all thing’s potato?

We’re looking for a Regional Sales Executive to come and join our Irish Foodservice team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

In a nutshell, it’s your job to sell our products to end users, which are pubs, bars, restaurants, and take aways. You'll be doing this mainly in Dublin, but you'll need to be prepared to travel across Ireland to where the opportunities are. The role also includes...

• Developing sales opportunities through new business accounts and incremental business. This should be achieved through range selling across the McCain product portfolio. Targets will be set on a quarterly and/or annual basis in line with Freetrade sector overall budgets.
• Demonstrate and explain a product in a structured approach, to ensure new and existing business is enhanced. Utilise your product and culinary knowledge to provide appropriate solutions to the caterer.
• Develop and grow relevant sectors measured by ex-factory sales by wholesaler and depot & accurately maintain all customer information on CRM system for internal use, field management and analysis.
• General administration to be fully complete on time demonstrating attention to detail.
• Work cross-functionally with other UK based functions within the business EG:- Business Manager, Finance, Marketing, Category, Supply Chain & Customer Service.
• Occasional travel to GB to attend internal meetings.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for someone with sales experience. We’d love this to be within food, but we’re also open to your background. You'll also be...

• Someone who can hold a good conversation, an nfluencer and great at building connections with people.
• Good with numbers, you'll be able to analyse a wide range of financial data
• Strong time management including planning and organising.
• Well-developed negotiation, presentation and persuasive selling skills
• Someone who’s a self-motivator. Although you’ll be highly connected, you won’t be surrounded by your team daily so it’s important you can motivate yourself.
• A full clean UK driving licence, and confident about driving to new places.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• 
  A company car
• Achievable personal and business performance based bonus
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Private medical insurance scheme
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK…

This is a Home Based role, the ideal candidate will be based in Dublin. You’ll be expected to travel within your region visiting new and existing customers.

Our new shiny HQ is in Scarborough, GB and there will be the odd occasion where you come and visit us!

#LI-KJ1

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy

Job Family: Sales
Division: Great Britain
Department: Customer Sales Midlands
Location(s): IE - Ireland : Dublin : Dun Laoighre || IE - Ireland : Leinster : Dublin || IE - Ireland : Other : Reference job description

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd