Energizer Holdings Looking for Manager, National Field Operations NZ at Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

• Market leader in NZ
• Global brand with an outstanding suite of products
• Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Health, Life and Income Insurance

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc.

At Energizer Holdings, we are passionate about bringing our brands and products to the world better than anyone else. It’s our passion and drive that makes us proud stewards of iconic brands including Energizer, Eveready, Armor All, A/C Pro, California Scents, Rayovac and STP, part of our broad portfolio of products that millions of consumers know, trust, and rely on every day. When you come to work here, you’ll quickly see that we love what we do, we care about each other, and we continuously learn and improve to meet the needs of our customers and consumers around the world. We have talented colleagues around the world with varied skillsets, backgrounds and experiences, and we embrace this diversity because it’s a big part of what helps us deliver results to grow the company. Whatever your specialty, you’ll find that excelling at Energizer provides opportunities to grow in ways you never expected. We support flexible working arrangements whenever possible.

Position Summary

In this exciting role you will lead the field sales team to achieve ongoing sales growth throughout New Zealand. You will partner with the Sales Director and the commercial team to execute sales strategies and drive high performance. You will be supported by a team of talented Territory Managers and Merchandisers who pride themselves on delivering best in class service and standards.

Responsibilities:

• Achieve total business sales, profit and share targets through execution of customer initiatives as agreed with the commercial teams.
• Provide leadership, direction, development, motivation, and support to the field sales team and coaching and mentoring to direct reports.
• Recruitment and retention, induction, performance management, career development and succession planning.
• Plan, control and reporting of the total operating budget for the field sales team.
• Develop external Customer relationships with key decision makers (Store Managers, Area Managers, Industry Associations) to deliver incremental sales through over and above sales drives

We are looking for a passionate sales leader who will inspire our teams to even greater success, to do this you will need:

• Proven track record in leading field sales teams to successful outcomes
• Suitable Tertiary qualifications
• In depth understanding of the NZ retail landscape across food, hardware, electrical and auto class of trade
• Ability to analyze sales insights, data analytics to apply to sales strategy
• Previous experience in budgeting and allocation of resources
• Experience in people leadership of a field team
• Previous experience in National Account Management preferred.

Come Join Us!

Energizer offers a competitive total rewards package, a fun and inclusive culture and fully flexible working options as well as many opportunities to learn, develop and grow. At Energizer, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute and make an impact every single day. Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Energizer is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people