Small Medium Enterprises (SME) Sales Advisor (20hrs per week)

Job title:

Small Medium Enterprises (SME) Sales Advisor (20hrs per week)

Company

Musgrave

Job description

SummaryJob ref: 16139Job Type:Location: WaterfordContract type: PermanentClosing Date: 2 April 2025Small Medium Enterprises (SME) Sales Advisor (20hrs per week)Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We have an opportunity for a Small Medium Enterprises (SME) Sales Advisor to join our Waterford MarketPlace team.The purpose of this role is to grow sales within the small to medium business sector – including online, corporate hampers, gifting and drive continuous improvement, key responsibilities of this position include but not limited to:Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive sales in line with SME budget targets
• Drive profit in line with SME budget targets
• Manage online processes and customer registrations end to end
• Manage all KPI’s associated with the SME channel

• Identify sales opportunities – working with the Floor Manager & SME Sales Mgr to identify new target customers with sales opportunities to grow profitable sales. Working on own initiative to seek out new business but also to drive customers who are lapsed or in decline, getting more of the basket from customers.
• Manage and complete all relevant weekly sales reports using MWP systems to report to the SME sales manager and branch manager.
• Maintain proactive customer communication and engagement through different channels: mail, digital and face to face
• To ensure the wholesale standards in your area is to a consistently excellence level (merchandising, product availability, HACCP, H&S)
• Engage with all departments to grow sales and customer satisfaction. Form strong relationships with key sales and and trading colleagues.
• To work cross functionally with all the departments to ensure consistent delivery of excellence service levels to our customers
• Manage Online sales and activities – responsible for setting up new online customers, managing temporary accounts.
• Drive Seasonal opportunities- Hampers, Gifting- own all occasions

Experience, Skills and Education:

• 2 – 3 years knowledge and sales experience wholesale or retail
• Experience/ knowledge in wholesale industry or in direct retail sales (competitors/ range/ customers)
• Customer focused with an ability to develop strong customer relationships
• Be fully flexible with working hours
• Go above and beyond where necessary to get the job done
• Passionate about food
• Ability to change, adapt and be flexible
• Ability to work cross functionally
• Leaving Cert or equivalent
• Full clean driving licence and access to car as some travel required

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.The ideal candidate will have/be:

Expected salary

Location

Waterford

Job date

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 01:31:09 GMT

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