Advocate Group
Field Sales Manager
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Field Sales Manager – London
Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Extensive Benefits Package
📍 Field-based
Are you an ambitious, purpose-led leader who thrives in a fast-paced FMCG environment? Want to join a fast-growing soft drinks business that's making waves through innovation, strong customer partnerships, and continued investment in its people?
We're supporting a rapidly growing soft drinks company in the search for a Field Sales Manager to lead a high-performing team of Field Sales Executives. This role sits within the Convenience channel and offers the opportunity to play a key role in driving regional sales growth, execution, and team performance.
🚀 The Role
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Field Sales Executives to deliver against KPIs across distribution, callage and in-store execution.
- Develop and implement regional sales strategies to grow market share and strengthen brand presence.
- Build collaborative relationships with field partners and key external stakeholders to maximise commercial opportunities.
- Spend regular time in trade, providing hands-on coaching, development and performance feedback.
- Champion a high-performance culture, celebrating success and driving continuous improvement across the team.
- Deliver impactful in-store activation, ensuring excellent execution and commercial return.
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👤 About You
- Previous experience managing a field-based FMCG sales team, ideally within the convenience channel but grocery is all considered
- A strong coach and people leader with a proven track record of delivering results through others.
- Commercially astute with a solid understanding of the independent retail landscape.
- Resilient, proactive and solutions-focused, with a hands-on leadership style.
- Comfortable working within a hybrid field structure alongside distribution partners.
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This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing soft drinks business offering genuine autonomy, excellent career progression and the chance to make a real commercial impact.
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📞 Call: 020 7871 8000
💻 Email: Kayleigh.norcross@advocate-group.co.uk
The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner to the UK FMCG and consumer products sectors.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you agree to our Privacy Policy, available on our website. The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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