Graduate Sales Opportunity - Auckland - Opportunity to Make a Difference

• Excellent graduate opportunity  
• Base salary plus mobile phone and personal vehicle use
• Join a NZ owned and market leading consumer brand!

Verkerks has been proudly family owned and Christchurch based since 1952.  We are a market leading brand and our team of Territory Sales Managers (TSM’s) throughout the country make an important contribution to our success. 

As a result of internal promotion, we are looking for our next Territory Sales Manager, to continue the drive and growth of profitable supermarket and foodservice sales in Auckland. This is achieved by following a structured call cycle, visiting stores across the territory to implement and review our stores sales plans.  Your focus will be on increasing our product range, implementing and analysing promotional activity, and leading the development of planograms instore. 

It is capability and character, rather than experience, that we value. Our reputation in-store is underpinned by our team’s understanding of what drives sales growth and profitability for our customers. Our TSM’s achieve results through being disciplined and conscientious in the application of the sales approach. 

Our selection of the successful candidate will reflect not only our needs in this role, but for the wider business into the future. Consequently, if you have the desire and capability to understand the wider business, this position may represent an unparalleled opportunity to begin your training towards a career in General Management. 

Our Ideal Candidate would possess:

• Strong numerical ability and a preference for making decisions based on data;
• The confidence to work on their own in a customer focused role;
• A full and clean driver’s license.

If this is the start to your career that you are looking for, please email your CV and brief cover letter (less than a page, and outlining why you have chosen to apply to us and for this position) to [email protected].  For any questions, please call Sheryl on 03-375-1725 or Georgia on 03-375-1720.