An operational leader who ensures growth for clients, customers and Smollan by proactively influencing and managing relationships between the client, customers and employees; spotting opportunities and providing insights; managing the resources required to ensure efficient and effective day-to-day operations; and acting as a Smollan people custodian, leader and people manager.
As a Field Manager you will be responsible for:
Manage Promotional Activity
- Facilitate the implementation of promotion grids
- Ensure field force are informed about time frames for promotions
- Communicate promotional activities to field force
- Ensure understanding of objectives of various promotions
- Ensure POS material is delivered to stores
- Ensure sufficient stock has been ordered within required timeframes
- Ensure promotional activities have been implemented and maintained
- Provide feedback to relevant stakeholders
- Monitor competitors new innovations
- Analyses and manage data integrity (Field comms)
- Ensure generic Planograms are implemented
- Ensure store-specific planograms and category flows are implemented and maintained
- Provide feedback to Clients with regards to forward share changes
- Ensure forward share is reflected on shelf as per rate of sale
- Ensure market share is reflected in the category
- Ensure shelf health is implemented and maintained
- Efficient Achievement of Targets
- Communicate sales targets to the Field Force
- Increase volumes in stores
- Identify in-store cross-merchandising opportunitie
- Ensure stock pressure is applied
- Ensure forward share reflects Rate of Sales (ROS
- Monitor in-store pricing
- Ensure out-of-stocks are limited
- Ensure sufficient ordering of stock on Nominated Order Day (NOD)
- Ensure delivery of stock as per Nominated Delivery Day (NDD)
To qualify for this role, you should:
- Matric or Relevant Diploma
- 35 years relevant experience in FMCG or sales environment
- Valid drivers licence and own reliable car
- Must have a Smartphone
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strategic thinking
- Experience in the liquor industry
- Analysis & problem solving
- Leadership skills
- Financial acumen
- Business Acumen
- Planning & organising
- Negotiation skills
- Sales management skills