A bit about us:
Established in 1990, Per-Scent has over 30 years of experience in brand building, new product development, manufacturing services and distribution globally. Per-Scent is the UK’s leading fragrance and beauty distributor of the most sought-after brands across premium, celebrity and lifestyle fragrances.
Why you’ll love working here:
Enjoy work-life balance with our flexible working scheme - including working from home allowance, duvet days and the choice to flex your working hours
Vibrant state-of-the-art office, conveniently located in Trafford Park with great transport links and free onsite parking
No need to travel to the gym – we have one here for you! Take advantage of our free onsite gym facilities before/after work or even pop in at lunch time
Generous staff discounts on a wide range of fabulous fragrances
Excellent progression and development opportunities - work with teams who are passionate about what they do and develop your expertise within a creative and collaborative space
The role:
Per-Scent are looking for a Sales and Training Manager with experience in the Fragrance or Beauty industry. Working with leading high street retailers, key responsibilities will be to make regular store visits in the region, support to open up new accounts, conduct effective training to store staff and internal head office teams in order to support brand sales and customer service objectives.
Reporting to the International and UK Sales Manager, this role will be responsible for monitoring and executing in-store merchandising and ensuring stock availability. The role will suit an enthusiastic and energetic person, willing to travel and with the ability to inspire and motivate.
This is a field-based role with a weekly visit to FQ (Head Office) in Trafford Park, Manchester.
What you’ll be doing:
Sales
Achieves retail sales targets for the designated region and across all assigned brands.
Provides support to store teams in maximising sell out of the brands.
Support the Brand Sales Manager with retail partners where appropriate.
Merchandising
Monitors Per-Scent brands execution of store merchandising planogram.
Ensures availability of saleable stock, testers and point of sale materials.
Maximises visibility of key focus and new product launches in store to drive sales.
Training
Delivers effective product training to increase engagement of store teams during planned visits.
Regular training of internal HQ teams on brands, products and new product launches.
Create and manage training manuals for internal and external teams.
Create and maintain visual merchandising guidelines.
Conducts training analysis by developing an in-depth understanding of the needs of each retail partner.
Evaluate and improve all training processes to improve levels of competence of point-of-sale teams to upsell and cross sell.
Works with key stakeholders at FQ to develop training and development materials.
Other
Manages travel and expenses within budget.
Supports trade shows and events.
What you’ll bring:
Experience of operating in the Retail Industry.
A people person; confident and clear communicator with the ability to influence at all levels.
Can operate under own initiative, organised, with excellent time management.
Commercially astute and customer experience focused.
Experience in leading and developing others.
Ability to be agile and excel in a fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.
Computer literate with excellent MS Office skills.
Per-Scent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are regrettably not able to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of your application, please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.