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Dinnington
Fulltime
product

Junior Superfoods Product Manager

Negotiable
Permanent

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK

LOCATION: Hybrid (2 days per week office based in Dinnington, Sheffield)

Purpose of the role:

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-past environment and be passionate about all things snacking! We are looking for an individual who can build lasting relationships, have a problem-solving mindset, is not shy of multi-tasking, knows how to prioritise, learn quickly, and be open to a challenge – previous experience in a similar role or a graduate with a food-based degree or background

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the creation of new superfood products (e.g., powders, blends)
  • Research trends in nutrition, ingredients, and consumer behaviour (e.g., plant-based proteins, adaptogens)
  • Assist in formulating recipes and refining taste, texture, and nutritional profiles
  • Coordinate with suppliers to help source ingredients (e.g., spirulina, maca, cacao)
  • Assist in all functions of the product development process including market washouts, trend spotting, tracking new product launches
  • Responsible for sending out courier packages and sample management
  • Critical path management to ensure projects are developed on time
  • Support and manage product and design briefs. Working closely with the design team to produce and adjust designs to fit customer/brand requirements
  • Be able to work with a diverse workload across a variety of product areas
  • Sample Management
  • Assist in preparing retailer presentations and submission documents
  • Passionate about health and superfoods! This is an instrumental role to lead exciting new product development launches Initially focus on Functional drinks

 

Experience:

  • Strong attention to detail (especially when preparing samples)
  • Interest in nutrition and functional ingredients
  • Good organisation and ability to juggle multiple projects
  • Willingness to be hands on (it’s not just a desk job)
  • Clear communication with both internal teams and external partners
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Self-motivated
  • Ability to multi-task on multiple projects
  • Confident in communicating and developing relationships with internal and external
  • A willingness to learn and improve
  • Can show examples of cross functional working
  • Strong time management and a proactive work ethic
  • Fluent use of Microsoft Office / Nutri calc or equivalent

Personal Profile:

  • Can do attitude with a positive mindset
  • Confident to ask the right questions and add value where appropriate
  • Highly organised with attention to detail
  • Analytical
  • Reliable and committed

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff with an office presence ideally once a week
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme

Christchurch
Fulltime
product

Product Manager - 12 month fixed term contract

Negotiable
Permanent

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK

LOCATION: Hybrid (1-2 days per week in Christchurch, Dorset)

TRAVEL: Occasional travel to manufactures & customer meetings

Purpose of the role:

Are you passionate about product development and ready to be part of a fast-paced, exciting retail team?

We’re looking for a Household Product Development professional to join our dynamic team, working on our Marks & Spencer account. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a busy environment, loves bringing innovative products to life, and has a keen eye for quality, trends, and customer needs. You’ll be working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver outstanding household products for one of the UK’s most iconic retailers

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage the production of the required deliverables. planning and project monitoring
  • Track work to be completed, set deadlines and delegate tasks to your project team, identifying any potential risks
  • Build strong relationships with our manufacturing partners
  • Engage/collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure project viability
  • Manage the product development from Concept stage to finished goods
  • Lead clear briefs and communicate efficiently to our buying teams
  • Contribute to Category plans for the financial year with quarterly reviews
  • Manage our project management tool Asana ensure content is accurate and updated weekly
  • Speak and present with confidence on project status updates
  • Understand the technical make up of a product
  • Support with exceptional presentations for our customers

 

Experience:

  • Able to work with large amounts of detail
  • Confidently understand and run a critical path
  • Strong understanding of the retail landscape
  • Manufacturing knowledge
  • Project management across multiple SKU’s and categories
  • Examples of cross-functional working across multiple teams
  • Market and trend understanding in order to overlay onto product plans
  • Strong supplier relationships with a commercial mindset
  • Examples of problem solving and solutions to previous projects
  • Trade Show and supplier visit experience
  • Strong communication skills and detail orientated
  • Ability to review trends and pull into a development calendar
  • Strong relationships with suppliers and retailers
  • To engage teams globally and across different time zones

Personal Profile:

  • Excited and passionate about working within a dynamic and fast-paced team
  • Passion for product development
  • Appetite to learn new categories and explore new product ranges
  • Can do attitude to find solutions with a development window
  • Ambitious

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff with an office presence ideally once a week
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities
  • Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free parking on Christchurch Quay

Christchurch
Fulltime
people-culture

Personal Assistant

Negotiable
Permanent

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household, Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK.

REPORT TO: CEO

LOCATION: Office Based in Christchurch, Dorset, 5 days a week

Purpose of the role:

The Personal Assistant to the CEO & Executive Suite is a central operator within the business, ensuring the CEO and senior leadership team are aligned, prioritised, and operating effectively.

This role is less about traditional administrative support and more about driving rhythm, coordination, and flow across the Exec layer. You will act as the connective tissue between the CEO, Exec team, and wider business, ensuring priorities translate into action.

While the role includes core Executive Assistant responsibilities, the primary focus is on enabling leadership effectiveness, managing competing priorities, and keeping the business moving at pace.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • CEO Support & Prioritisation
  • Act as a true right-hand support to the CEO, managing both professional and day-to-day requirements to ensure they can operate at full capacity
  • Own and manage the CEO’s diary with a strategic lens, balancing business priorities with personal commitments and ensuring effective use of time
  • Anticipate needs in advance, including preparation for meetings, travel, and day-to-day requirements
  • Manage all aspects of CEO logistics including travel bookings, itineraries, visas, accommodation, and transport
  • Oversee personal administration where required, including appointments, reservations, and ad hoc requests
  • Ensure the CEO’s working environment runs smoothly, including office setup, refreshments, and day planning (e.g. meetings, lunch arrangements)
  • Coordinate vehicle and travel-related requirements (e.g. servicing, MOT, transport logistics)
  • Act as a gatekeeper to the CEO, managing access, prioritising requests, and filtering information appropriately
  • Prepare daily, weekly, and forward-looking schedules to ensure clarity and control of commitments
  • Provide high-quality briefing support for meetings, ensuring the CEO is fully prepared with context, materials, and key talking points
  • Support with drafting communications, emails, and documents on behalf of the CEO
  • Handle confidential and sensitive matters with complete discretion and professionalism

Key Responsibilities expanded:

Collaboration & Communication

  • Serve as a key point of connection between the CEO and internal stakeholders, fostering clear, timely, and respectful communication
  • Build strong working relationships across the executive team and wider organisation
  • Coordinate cross-functional meetings, leadership forums, and offsites, ensuring outcomes and actions are clearly captured and progressed
  • Deal with customers, suppliers and key stakeholders
  • Represent the executive professionally
  • Handle sensitive situations with discretion

Operational & Administrative Excellence

  • Prepare agendas, presentations, briefing notes, and reports for internal and external meetings
  • Track actions, decisions, and commitments, helping ensure follow-through
  • Support day-to-day operational tasks that enable the CEO’s effectiveness, adapting quickly as priorities shift

Confidentiality & Trust

  • Handle sensitive information with discretion, professionalism, and sound judgement.
  • Act as a trusted representative of the CEO, reflecting their style and values in all interactions

Calendar & Time Management

  • Schedule meetings strategically and pro-actively
  • Protect focus time
  • Avoid double-bookings
  • Prioritise based on importance
  • Inbox & Communication
  • Filter emails
  • Draft replies on executive’s behalf
  • Flag urgent messages
  • Communicate with stakeholders professionally

Meetings

  • Create agendas
  • Take notes
  • Track action items
  • Send follow-ups

Travel & Logistics

  • Flights, hotels, transport (for shows, exec & ops board)
  • Itineraries
  • Visas / documentation

Admin & Organisation

  • File management
  • Document prep (presentations, reports)
  • Expense tracking and submission
  • Contract handling where required

Project Support

  • Track deadlines
  • Follow up with team members
  • Keep projects moving

Experience:

  • Proven experience supporting a senior executive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to juggle multiple priorities
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, confident working with people at all levels
  • Proactive – anticipate problems before they happen, adaptable, and solutions-focused, with a natural sense of ownership
  • Flexible - comfortable working with ambiguity and changing priorities
  • High emotional intelligence and sound judgement

 

Personal Attributes:

  • Collaborative, approachable, and relationship-driven
  • Calm under pressure with a “no task too small” mindset
  • Naturally curious and always thinking one step ahead
  • Discreet, trustworthy, and professional
  • Flexibility in working hours

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free parking on Christchurch Quay

Dinnington
Fulltime
commercial

Ecommerce Sales Manager - Multi Channel (Amazon focused)

Negotiable
Permanent

Go Superfoods, we’re proud to be part of Solent, a pioneering FMCG group on a mission to inspire, manufacture and deliver products that help people feel better in a sustainable way. Our focus is on sourcing and supplying high-quality superfood ingredients, blends and brands to nourish healthier lifestyles around the world. Backed by Solent’s global scale and entrepreneurial spirit, we thrive on innovation across our Nutrition & Wellness division while staying true to what matters: natural, sustainable, feel-good nutrition. Join a diverse, growing team where your work can drive real impact, supporting better choices, healthier people, and a healthier planet

GO Superfoods Ltd is a leading European superfoods business based on the outskirts of Sheffield. Established in 2008, we import a range of 80+ superfoods direct from growers around the world and sell them under our own brands, in bulk, direct to consumers via Retailers/Amazon and as private label. We are the BRAND behind many UK and European superfood brands. We are on a mission to make healthy eating easier, to make a meaningful social impact and to become the leading superfood business

LOCATION: Hybrid (1 day per week in Dinnington, South Yorkshire and as required or in Christchurch, Dorset)

Purpose of the role:

Passionate about elevating brand performance on Amazon and driving premium growth within the health, wellness, and natural products category? Ready to advance your expertise within a fast‑scaling, innovation‑focused consumer brand portfolio?

In this role, you’ll take full ownership of marketplace and digital channel performance -applying data‑driven sales analysis, catalogue and assortment optimisation, inventory and supply coordination, and sharp trading execution to fuel strong, sustainable growth.

As the eCommerce Sales Manager, you’ll be responsible for day‑to‑day commercial performance across all digital platforms, with a particular focus on Amazon, ensuring products, pricing, promotions, and content are optimised to maximise revenue and improve margins

Working closely with the Head of Commerce, you’ll play a critical role in scaling our Amazon UK & EU business and strengthening the digital presence of our brands, including Sevenhills Wholefoods, across key eCommerce channels such as Ocado and our branded websites

Key Responsibilities:

eCommerce Trading & Commercial Performance

  • Deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly revenue and margin targets across all eCommerce channels
  • Own trading execution: pricing updates, promotions, merchandising, and product availability
  • Run weekly trading reviews with insights on performance drivers, risks, and opportunities
  • Maintain and monitor core KPIs, flagging variances and recommending corrective actions
  • Support budgeting and forecasting by providing accurate trading data and insight
  • Execute commercial initiatives and projects defined by the Head of ECommerce
  • Produce weekly and monthly dashboards covering sales, margin, advertising performance, and operational KPIs
  • Analyse trading data to identify growth levers and provide actionable recommendations

Amazon Trading & Operations

  • Manage day-to-day Amazon operations including listings, content, inventory, advertising inputs, promotions, and compliance
  • Ensure product detail pages are fully optimised for visibility, conversion, and brand consistency
  • Track and report on Amazon performance metrics (traffic, conversion, ACOS, TACOS, Buy Box, inventory health)
  • Implement best practices and process improvements to drive operational efficiency
  • Stay up to date on Amazon programme and policy changes, advising the Head of Commerce on risks and opportunities

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Coordinate with marketing to ensure alignment between trading priorities, advertising, and promotions
  • Partner closely with supply chain to maintain optimal stock levels and resolve availability issues
  • Support technical and regulatory compliance by ensuring listings and claims meet requirements
  • Collaborate with customer service on D2C issues and customer experience improvements
  • Maintain relationships with external partners, agencies, and platform account managers as needed

 

Experience:

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in eCommerce marketplace management (Amazon essential)
  • Proven experience driving growth on products / brands through Amazon
  • Strong commercial and analytical skills with understanding of P&L drivers
  • Experience managing promotions, pricing, content optimisation, and trading calendars
  • Background working cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, marketing, and product teams
  • Experience in FMCG, food, health, wellness, or similar categories (preferred)

Personal Profile:

  • Amazon expert, covering listings, pricing, promotions, FBA, content and reporting
  • Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Bias for action with a proactive, problem-solving mindset
  • Customer-centric approach to decision-making
  • Data-driven decision making and proactive identification of new growth opportunities

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff with an office presence ideally once a week
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme

Christchurch
Fulltime
product

Food Product Manager

Negotiable
Permanent

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK

LOCATION: Hybrid (1 day per week in Christchurch, Dorset)

TRAVEL: European manufacturers, trade shows & customer meetings

Purpose of the role:

To develop and optimise products across the Healthy Snacking and Confectionery division, operating as a hands-on developer with a high degree of autonomy across both NPD and R&D. The role is responsible for creating and refining recipes to deliver on taste, nutrition, quality, and cost targets, while applying strong ingredient, flavour, and sensory expertise within the ambient grocery space. It involves managing the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept through to launch, including the creation of clear briefs and confident cross-functional communication. The position also owns strategic innovation, using consumer insights and trend analysis to shape forward-thinking product development, while balancing day-to-day delivery with the freedom to introduce breakthrough ideas that redefine the category

Scope & Relationships

  • Retailer facing for all live projects
  • Role to sit withing the product organisation structure
  • Internally face into all Buying, technical, design and supply chain teams
  • Internal Stakeholder management

Key Responsibilities:

  • Autonomously develop market leading formulations based on benchmarks and briefs, balancing innovation, functionality, and quality standards
  • Manage all product samples: review, taste, and ensure timely distribution to customers and suppliers, maintaining accuracy and consistency
  • Lead internal and customer tasting and benchmarking sessions, providing clear insights and recommendations for product positioning and improvement
  • Lead trends and market insights, integrating findings into presentations and strategies; maintain regular retailer engagement to inform innovation
  • Deliver high-impact customer presentations, ensuring content is accurate, compelling, and aligned with brand strategy
  • Manage critical paths with strong project planning, milestone tracking, and proactive resolution of delays to ensure successful on time launches
  • Oversee product development from concept to finished goods, including briefings, quote and sample reviews, factory trial support, and quality checks
  • Maintain and update project tracker, setting deadlines, creating critical paths, and delegating tasks to cross-functional teams (commercial, technical)
  • Lead annual strategic category plans, including quarterly reviews, tracking progress, and adjusting strategies to meet financial and innovation objectives
  • Coordinate stakeholder communications and meetings, proactively identifying and resolving project challenges to ensure smooth delivery

 

Experience:

  • 5 years experience working in NPD in Ambient Grocery
  • Market and trend implementation and execution with BOLD NPD ideas!
  • Real opportunity for a hands on developer to see concept to launch
  • Have used and is familiar with Nutri-calc or equivalent
  • Can confidently understand and run a critical path
  • Examples of cross-functional working across multiple teams
  • Examples of independent problem solving and solutions to previous projects
  • Recipe Development & Formulation
  • Brand led product innovation & execution
  • Self-starter and adaptability to respond effectively to trends
  • Food science or nutrition knowledge
  • Project management

Personal Profile:

  • Passionate about nutrition and wellbeing and latest trends
  • Excited about working within a dynamic and fast-paced team
  • Motivated and Ambitious
  • Can do attitude to find solutions within a development window

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free parking on Christchurch Quay
Christchurch
Fulltime
commercial

Commercial Graduate - September 2026 Start

Negotiable
FixedTerm

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK

CONTRACT LENGTH: 2 years

START DATE: September 2026

REPORT TO: National Account Manager

LOCATION: Head office, Christchurch, Dorset - Hybrid working

TRAVEL: As part of this role, you will visit our Sheffield office during a rotation and undertake occasional travel across the UK

Purpose of the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate who is looking to kickstart their career in sales account management. We are looking for a motivated, commercially minded individual who can build strong relationships, prioritise tasks effectively and be open to learning an in a fast-moving business environment. An enthusiasm for sales, FMCG, or retail will help you thrive in this role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in managing and growing sales within assigned account, support the National Account Manager
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key retail partners and internal stakeholders.
  • Support in analysing sales data to identify trends and opportunities
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers to ensure smooth executive of orders and promotions
  • Provide market insights and competitor analysis to inform strategic decisions
  • Support with pricing and product negotiations in partnership with the National Account Manager
  • Work with supply chain teams to ensure delivery timelines are met
  • Help coordinate marketing and promotional activities within retail channels
  • Take part in internal meetings and retailer presentations to develop commercial awareness
  • Update your team on problems or issues & work with the account manager to provide solutions.
  • Ability to take ownership of projects with tight deadlines and ensuring all stakeholders are completing tasks in full
  • Ability to travel in the UK and abroad

About you:

  • Recent graduate with a degree in Business, Marketing, Sales or a related field
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data and trends
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to use Excel, PowerPoint, Word and databases
  • Enthusiastic, proactive and eager to learn
  • A passion for sales, retail and FMCG industries
  • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic working environment
  • Highly organised with strong time management skills
  • The ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and stakeholders

Application Process:

  • Please submit your CV
  • You will be required to email a short video answering the below questions to support your application

Why should we choose you for this scheme?

Tell us about a specific academic achievement, project, or research that demonstrates your skills relevant to this role?

(Please note that applications without a video will not be considered)

  • Advert will remain open until 5th May
  • Successful applicants will be contacted week commencing 11th May
  • You will need to be available to attend a full day assessment centre on 27th May at our Head Office in Christchurch, Dorset

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free parking on Christchurch Quay

Widnes
Fulltime
commercial

FMCG Field Sales Executive - Retail / Discounters

Negotiable
Permanent

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category.

 

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK.

DIVISION/DEPT: Commercial

REPORT TO: National Account Manager

LOCATION: Hybrid, commuting distance to Widnes

Purpose of the role:

You will play a key role in driving sales, enhancing customer relationships and securing new business, in addition to supporting the wider team. You will have full ownership of your sales performance focusing on achieving targets across your customer base. Active with all customers with regular face to face meetings presenting all products and identifying new opportunities

 

Main Responsibilities:

  • Regular customer meetings to maintain accounts and present NPD
  • Hunter, identifying and securing new business opportunities within the market
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with all customers to ensure product listings and growth
  • Manage a designated sales territory and plan efficient travel routes
  • Regular trade visits
  • Help to manage all aspects of: Budgeting, Forecasting, objectives, etc
  • Set and achieve sales targets
  • Monitor sales performance weekly
  • Provide regular sales reports across the account base
  • Analyse sales data, market trends, and competitor activity to identify risks and opportunities

Experience and knowledge:

  • Minimum 1 year’s experience in a Field Sales role
  • Ability to work independently and on the field
  • Time management and territory planning
  • Self-motivation and target-driven mindset
  • Problem-solving and customer-focused approach
  • Understanding of the basic supply and manufacturing process, with established industry networks
  • Experience and/or personal interest in household and health & beauty products (desirable)
  • Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills
  • Confident presentation skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
  • Commercially astute, with a sales-driven approach and a focus on exceeding targets
  • Strong attention to detail with a personable and creative mindset
  • Ability to work collaboratively across functions, including Operations, Technical, Finance, and Product
  • Strong time management and a proactive work ethic
  • Strong attention to detail and good collaboration, communication, and project management skills
  • Fluent use of Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel and Power Point

 

In turn we offer:

  • Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
  • 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
  • Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
  • Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff with an office presence ideally once a week
  • Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Generous Company Sick Pay
  • Pension Scheme Contribution
  • Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
  • Cycle to Work scheme

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