Brand Development Executive in Northampton

eSift are currently on the lookout for an experienced Field Based Professional to join our client, a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical, and healthcare products. This is a field based hybrid role with four days in the field and one day telesales. The scope of the role will include focused sales and brand training on two hero products as well as compliance checks, merchandising, POS siting and sales order capture..   Salary:                Up to £33k per annum plus bonus/commission, car & more.Territory:            Ideally based in Northampton/Leicester to cover a territory of East Anglia, Midlands, North London and South Yorkshire. Contract:            Initial 12 month FTC   Responsible for managing circa 600 independent pharmacies within a defined territory, you will visit every pharmacy quarterly and ensure the required number of pharmacy staff are contacted, trained and fully engaged with. As part of this role, you will work towards achieving sales targets and the monitoring and management of KPI’s. You will assess the existing levels of knowledge and compliance within the stores and educate the teams on the products, moving them up on the training pathway scale. The aim is to ensure that all pharmacy staff which will include the owner, pharmacist, locum, dispensing technician or healthcare assistant are engaged with and fully trained on the target focus brands. This will lead to increased product knowledge and better patient/consumer recommendations and also increased retail sales and brand market share. The main objective for the face-to-face calls will be a strong training focus for the hero brands, however, this is also the opportunity to sell, merchandise, manage site POS, audit and check compliance whilst in call.  To be successful in this position you will have/be;  Experienced in face to face training for business owners and key decision makers Excellent interpersonal skills Superb structured training and detailing skills with a high level of influencing Able to communicate effectively across all levels within pharmacy teams (decision makers and influencers) A strong sales process and a structured approach to influencing Effective time management and journey planning capabilities Experience in OTC health and beauty and healthcare product selling and detailing would be a huge advantage. Some knowledge of category management techniques. Effective presentation skills with good use of a variety of sales aids Ability to analyse and interpret numerical data, client presentations or market reports to develop a communications action plan Ability to work under pressure, set priorities and to work to deadlines. Strong commercial acumen and a good decision maker  eSift have been appointed as the resource partner and we are managing this role on behalf of our client. To apply for this position please click on the “apply now” button below.  Your CV will then be held on our central database, if for any reason you do not wish us to retain your details, please contact us via (url removed)