Van Sales Relief Driver

at  PepsiCo

Overview:
PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com

Qualifications:

• Hunger and drive to succeed in a global FMCG company.
• Full, manual UK driving license as you will be driving a 3.5 t vehicle.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Basic IT Skills (desirable).
• Selling Skills (desirable).
• Incredibly self-driven personality.
• Experience of working to targets.
• A “can-do” attitude and a willingness to go above and beyond.
• Perseverance and resilience in the pursuit of goals.
• Responsible and ethical behaviour towards customers, suppliers and others in the organisation.
• Independent and pro-active individual who can work with minimal supervision.
• Organisation skills

The Relief Van Sales Representative is the cover driver operating from the following Booker Depots - Dagenham Croydon & Crayford.
Extensive travel is required and regular overnight stays would be expected.
Day to day duties include coverage of van routes during absence/annual leave, delivering/canvasing for new business opportunities within the team.
Administration duties are also required so basic knowledge of IOS Phone/tablet/excel are essential.
During cover You will be driving a 3.5 t vehicle and managing you own territory and looking after a customer base of around 120 small independent stores. Visiting 18 stores per day, you’ll be out on the road working independently all of the time, so you’ll need to be self-motivated with strong time management skills.

Responsibilities:

• Follow set journey schedules.
• Seek new customer opportunities for territory’s.
• Communication with Sales Representatives to ensure operations.
• Provide a regular, reliable and consistent service for our customers.
• Build relationships with stores and territory’s to help deliver our business’ agenda.
• Lead daily stock and cash processes for ordering, picking and delivering of stock.
• Be responsible for growing defined targets across your territory.
• Collect and unload stock from cash & carry at the beginning and at the end of the day.

Qualifications:

• Hunger and drive to succeed in a global FMCG company.
• Full, manual UK driving license as you will be driving a 3.5 t vehicle.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Basic IT Skills (desirable).
• Selling Skills (desirable).
• Incredibly self-driven personality.
• Experience of working to targets.
• A “can-do” attitude and a willingness to go above and beyond.
• Perseverance and resilience in the pursuit of goals.
• Responsible and ethical behaviour towards customers, suppliers and others in the organisation.
• Independent and pro-active individual who can work with minimal supervision.
• Organisation skills.