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We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.\nOur culture encourages a \"roll up your sleeves and get the job done\" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.\nAs a Sales Representative, your main responsibilities will be:\nVisit a clearly defined number of stores within a specific sales area in order to develop the market share of BIC products, for Stationery category;\n\nFocus on establishing working relationships with existing customers and develop the distribution of BIC products in line with the BIC sales policy;\n\nEnsure future business through constant and complete prospecting within the sales area;\n\nOptimize our product visibility on the shelves and improve the general presentation of the BIC brand in order to increase sales;\n\nIncrease BIC share of space and visibility during promotional events\n\nProcess orders through Siebel(Xtel) for permanent ranges and promotional offers;\n\nManage shelf presentation (clean and well-presented BIC products);\n\nIntroduce new products and negotiate features in customer catalogues & promotional flyers wherever possible and in the case such agreements are not centralized;\n\nPromote and take orders directly on the permanent assortments and special promotions/seasonal campaigns (Back To School);\n\nMonitor retail prices and price labeling in the stores;\n\nManage the COOP budget per customer and ensure maximum optimization of the budget (in that case that this is not done by the Key Account or Regional Account);\n\nAs product specialist, advise local buyers and store/shelf managers about our assortments, market figures and trends, competitors, etc. and provide them with professional support on their category development;\n\nCommunicate constantly with colleagues in other departments such as Marketing & Customer Service(BDM): be alert to changes in the local market and signals coming from end users, customers and buyers and competitor activities;\n\nWork directly from home following a personal routing plan in line with the cycle planner as agreed with the line manager and based on the “BIC Italy Field Sales Model” (= minimum number of visits per day, mention individual agreed targets; weekly planning system and daily reporting method through Xtel);\n\nEnsure 4 days out of 5 full time presence on the field;\n\nReport directly to the Regional Sales Manager(FSM), inform him/her about your activities, results and experiences on the field.\n\nQualifications:\nUniversity Degree\n\nGood English level\n\nPrevious experience in sales roles will be considered as a plus\n\nDriving License\n\nTravel Availability: 4 days per week\n\nPc skills (outlook, excel, word)\n\nTeam Spirit and Drive for results\n\nBIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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