Location - Field Based with regular travel to cities within North/North West/North East/Midlands and occasional travel to head office near Huddersfield, West Yorks

Do you want to be part of a fast-paced business growth journey with responsibility for a wide and varied OTC, Dermatology and Home Hygiene portfolio within our independent pharmacy channel? As a global and constantly growing health care group, we dedicate ourselves to people’s health and wellbeing well being with brands such as Covonia, Savlon, Cetraben, Eurax, Zoflora and many more. With a long-standing heritage rooted in pharmacies, we continue to support the delivery of our strategic vision of Caring for People as a Trusted Partner.

Thornton & Ross is part of the STADA group. The company focuses on a two pillar strategy consisting of generics, including specialty pharmaceuticals and non-prescription consumer health products. Worldwide, STADA Arzneimittel AG sells its products in approximately 120 countries.

Role Purpose

We are currently seeking a Field Sales representative to build and manage relationships between Thornton & Ross and our independent pharmacy customers, to sustain and further develop our growing business, contributing towards achieving and exceeding yearly sales targets. Developing strong relationships with stakeholders and acting as a brand ambassador for T & R, you will make regular calls to customers in your territory area to process their sales orders and to be responsible for promotional sales campaigns, driving all new product launches within the customer base, advising on merchandising and POS as well as customer product education.

This entry level role will provide a strong stepping stone for someone with a foundation of field sales experience, looking to further develop their career into a Key Account Manager role and beyond longer term.  

About you:

At STADA we talk about diversity as Uniqueness. Everyone is unique and we recognise our differences as a strength. Our values Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Agility and One STADA ensure our uniqueness thrives, enabling us to care for people’s health as a trusted partner. Empower your Uniqueness, bring your whole self to STADA.

If you’re keen to add value and see results, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have the can-do spirit that’s spearheading our success, bring those unique qualities, with the following skills and qualifications:

• An analytic mindset with some field sales experience ideally gained from within the FMCG sector.
• A results focused, tenacious approach with a strong track record of achieving sales targets through developing strong customer relationships and identifying new sales opportunities.
• Solid commercial acumen and well developed communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent planning and organising skills to enable effective journey planning and maximising  time with customers on a large territory area.

What’s in it for you?

This is a permanent position with a salary dependant on your skills and experience. Rewarding our employees is important to us, which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days leave.
• Sales bonus scheme.
• Annual car allowance.
• Generous company pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance (up to 3 x annual salary).
• Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role.
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to our employees via our Employee Assistance Programme all year round.