National Vape Manager

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'Be a part of a revolutionary change'

About us

At PMI, we've chosen to do something incredible. We're totally transforming our business and building our future on smoke-free products

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions!

We are looking for a National Vape Manager to join our growing Field Force Team. In this exciting role, you will be focusing on establishing and activating Vape accounts and Multi Site Operators (Key Accounts) MSOs nationally to accelerate and flawlessly activate multi-category offerings.

"Your day to day"

Regional Forward Planning and Management

• As the National Vape Manager, you'll develop and manage the Vape Channel National deployment plan.
• You will be collaborating with the Commercial Planning team to agree on an activation plan and approach within the Vape channel.
• With the support of the Area Activation Managers and Territory Activation Executives (TAE's), you'll prospect key MSO accounts and identify the best stores to partner with and activate.
• You will be responsible for delivering critical metrics for Vape national by agreeing on targets and setting metrics for acquisition, conversion, and availability across all our portfolio offering. Working together with the Head of Field Force, you'll build a bottom-up plan to deliver metrics.
• You'll take the lead on 3rd Party Online execution across multi-category products and coordinate and lead the business calendar.

Insights

• As part of your role, you'll analyze reports and data provided by the intelligence team to generate actionable insights. From this, you'll provide executive-level summaries of insights to the Head of Finance and other key collaborators.

Regional People Management

• As a second level people manager, you'll retain strong team performance through motivation, personal development, and role modelling.
• You'll identifying development needs for Area Activation Managers (AAM's) and Territory Activation Executives (TAE's) to manage performance as individuals and as a team.
• You'll train the team on policies, new processes and deployment plans and ensure being accountable for team adherence to policy and procedural compliance.
• You'll be involved in timely and successful recruitment of TAEs and AAM's.

Communications

• By giving clarity of direction to the team, communicating the regional plan effectively, you'll develop close working relationships with direct reports and colleagues, supporting and operating as a team.
• You'll build the brand of the Field Force with colleagues in the office.

To be successful in your application, you must have the legal right to work in the UK and a valid driving license is required due to the national travel involved in this role (60% travel is required). You can be based anywhere in the UK!

"About you"

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role within the vaping, FMCG, or regulated consumer goods industry.
• Proven track record in national sales management and brand growth, with experience in developing successful sales strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement multi-channel strategies and exceptional project management skills with the ability to prioritise and lead multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience in managing and developing a Field Force team, with strong mentoring and leadership abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence team members at all levels.

What we offer

We are a Global organisation that supports our colleagues around the world. We pride ourselves in providing security in an ever-changing world. PMI offers outstanding performers the opportunity to develop themselves, and grow their careers within the business, both locally and worldwide. Working with us offers a demanding, fast paced career, and we want to reward that.

From our competitive salary, flexible working options, enhanced parental leave policy, medical cover, life assurance and season ticket loans, we have you covered. Our comprehensive flexible benefits pot allows you to further tailor your benefits to suit you.

Our commitment to inclusion

PMI is committed to ensuring that all of our employees feel welcome and feel that they belong and can thrive with us. We have a number of internal networks that are inclusive and open for anyone to join, including EMBRACE our Race and Ethnicity network, STRIPES our LGBTQ+ network and WIN our women's network. We're also extremely proud to be the first global company to be awarded Equal Salary Certification.

We take wellbeing seriously, so we have trained mental health First Aiders to help support our employees, as well as support in the form of our LifeWorks app and Employee Assistance Programme.

PMI is an equal opportunities employer, hiring solely on merit and business need. We encourage applications regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood and disability. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.