Sales Representative
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Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
Field Sales Representative (AFH)
Location: Motherwell
Contract Type: Permanent
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Field Sales Representative to join our inclusive and vibrant team. This full-time field sales role comes with a salary of £30,221 and many compelling benefits.
About Your Role
As a Field Sales Representative, you will report to a local Field Sales Manager and deliver sales targets within an existing customer base by maintaining ongoing relationships and creating new business opportunities whilst becoming an expert in the soft drinks category. The customers you will be interacting with will vary by location, but typically include a mixture of independent convenience stores, licensed pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes. You will focus on promoting brands and solutions that align with business objectives.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOU!
- We provide comprehensive training along with all the tools and support you need to succeed. While previous sales experience is beneficial, it isn’t essential. We’re looking for someone who works well within a team, enjoys staying active, and thrives in a practical, hands-on role.
- You would need a UK driving license or equivalent, eligibility to work in the UK, and living within a 60 minute commute from the location of the role are also essential.
- Influencing and negotiation skills, experience driving positive outcomes with customers and securing sales through commercial, fact-based conversations.
- Experience with manual handling of products, point of sale and/or equipment in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in using digital technologies, such as iPhone and iPad, to support sales activities, communication, and reporting.
- Strong ability to independently manage your workload and schedule while meeting key targets.
- Ability to grow business through digital engagement, using technology to enhance customer relationships and drive sales.
- Excellent prioritisation skills, ensuring efficiency and managing multiple tasks effectively.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
In return for your commitment, in this role you will receive a base salary of £30,221 plus a bonus of up to £8,000 (OTE) and the following benefits:
- Company car and fuel card
- iPad and iPhone for use with this role
- Pension plan and share plan
- 2 Paid Volunteering days per year
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Flexible benefits include the ability to buy and sell annual leave, discounts scheme etc
- Leading-edge in-house training and development
- Development opportunities and fantastic local management teams to help support your career path
WHY CHOOSE US FOR YOUR NEXT ROLE?
We have an amazing culture at CCEP; to find out more make sure you check out the people stories on our website here
The closing date for applications is 11/05/26. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.
From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider
We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.
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🚗 Emphasise your UK driving licence and territory management experience as this role requires 60-minute commute coverage and field-based customer visits
📱 Highlight your proficiency with digital tools like iPad/iPhone as CCEP provides these for sales activities and reporting
🏪 Showcase experience with independent convenience stores, pubs, bars or restaurants as these are the core customer types
💰 Quantify your sales achievements with OTE figures as this role offers £8,000 bonus potential on top of £30,221 base
🤝 Demonstrate commercial negotiation skills and fact-based selling approach as mentioned in the essential requirements
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- •Managed 85 independent convenience stores and licensed premises across 3 postcodes, achieving 112% of £240k annual sales target through digital customer engagement
- •Negotiated point of sale agreements with 23 pub chains, securing £45k in additional equipment placements using fact-based commercial presentations
- •Built relationships with 40 new restaurant customers over 8 months, generating £28k incremental revenue through manual product demonstrations and iPad-based ordering
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' Field Sales Representative role perfectly aligns with my commercial sales background and passion for building customer relationships in the FMCG sector. Your emphasis on digital engagement and territory management through iPad/iPhone technology particularly appeals to my tech-savvy approach to modern sales.
My background in field-based customer relationship management has equipped me with the influencing and negotiation skills essential for driving sales through independent convenience stores, pubs, bars and restaurants. I understand the importance of fact-based commercial conversations and have experience managing diverse customer portfolios whilst working independently to exceed targets.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you use iPad and iPhone technology to manage customer relationships and track sales performance?
- ›Describe your experience with point of sale systems and equipment in retail environments
- ›How do you approach digital engagement to enhance customer relationships in FMCG sales?
- ›What methods would you use to analyse customer data and drive commercial conversations?
- ›How would you manage territory planning and route optimisation using digital tools?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to influence a difficult customer to make a purchase decision
- ›Describe a situation where you exceeded sales targets through building strong customer relationships
- ›Give an example of how you managed multiple priorities while working independently in the field
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to negotiate with a customer to secure a commercial outcome
- ›Describe how you've used fact-based conversations to drive sales results with challenging customers
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Tell me about a time when you had to influence a difficult customer to make a purchase decision
Describe how you've used fact-based conversations to drive sales results with challenging customers
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