WORKING AT SMEG

Smeg is a well-established Italian, family owned appliance business, with its UK head office located in a stylish and modern building in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and supported by its London Flagship on Regent Street and our logistics hub in Portsmouth.

Even though we are not a large organisation our employees are 100% committed to working towards surpassing our customers’ expectations at all touch points in their purchasing lifecycle. To ensure we can meet our customer needs we have a number of operational departments including: Sales & Marketing, Product Development, E-commerce, Demand Planning, Customer Engagement (pre & post sales), Training, Finance, IT & Business Support,  HR, Business Analysis and Logistics.

 

Job and careers at Smeg

Our staff form the heart of our business and we pride ourselves in offering a working environment that promotes positive wellbeing; is diverse; provides opportunities for personal growth; and is fun!

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Applications

If you think you have the relevant skillset and would fit the Smeg culture please apply directly for the appropriate position(s) on the webpage below. We also accept speculative applications. If you would like to submit a speculative application please complete the form as you scroll down.

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Job description

We are Smeg, an Italian heritage company, offering award winning design and technology driven kitchen and commercial appliances, which stand out from the crowd. At Smeg we recognize that our employees are central to our success, so we look to provide our employees with a culture of family values whilst operating in a corporate world.

Overall purpose:

Would you like to work for a well-known prestigious brand? With a Head Office based in a modern building in Oxfordshire. Do you have experience in selling appliances into Foodservice companies e.g. restaurant and Catering divisions? If yes we would love to hear from you.

Due to the recent growth in business, in our Professional Channel we have an exciting new role for a Regional Sales Manager – (Northern Region – Professional)  to cover Scotland and Nothern England reporting to the Commercial Channel Director

Main responsibilities

Prospect, qualify and close new business within our Professional portfolio for foodservice companies and the selling of commercial La Pavoni products across the UK

  • To Maintain regular personal contact with professional customers, identifying customer needs and ensuring comprehensive servicing of accounts.
  • Build strong and lasting business relationships
  • Prepare annual business development plans to increase distribution of Smeg Foodservice products across the UK
  • Demonstrate our professional product range to clients
  • Analyze market conditions

Candidate most be able to demonstrate a proven track record in Selling appliances in Foodservice companies e.g. restaurant and Catering divisions.

This is a full-time permanent role, working Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:00. This role is predominantly field based with a territory covering Northern England and Scotland.

We are offering a competitive salary, along with a number of other employee benefits including: company car, 26 days holiday as standard, a company pension, income protection, life assurance, Bupa Health care and Dental cover and staff discounts on Smeg products etc.

If you believe you have the relevant skills and are looking to join a well-known and progressive company we would love to hear from you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Job description

Do you have a proven track record in Product Management, ideally in the white goods industry; consumer electronics or FMCG sector? Then we would love to hear from you.

The Product Manager will be responsible for:

  • Owning a particular product category, including
  • The roadmap for all products within the category
  • The strategic planning and tactical execution of products to market;
  • Creating a market vision for the category –  including understanding the brand, the product requirements, pricing and competition.
  • Undertaking relevant market research.
  • Working closely with our Italian Head Office Product Managers on existing and future product launches.
  • Become a category expert, to support internal product knowledge (Sales & Customer Engagement).
  • Management of samples as required.
  • Product email inbox support.
  • Assist the Production Planner in forecasting new lines, or key products in promotional periods. Involvement with the phase-in and phase-out of products.
  • Collate feedback from sales and customers to monitor, report and improve the product performance.
  • Understanding of industry related associations and bodies with the occasional attendance of meetings in London.

The successful candidate must have previous product management experience, ideally in either the white goods industry; FMCG sector, or; consumer electronics.

  • Be proficient in MS Office packages.
  • Educated to degree level
  • Be able to demonstrate leadership and work as part of a team.
  • Good communicator.
  • Good negotiator.
  • Good analytical skills.
  • Italian Language (desirable)

This is a full-time permanent role, working Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:00. This position is based at our head office in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

We are offering a competitive salary, along with a number of other employee benefits including: 26 days holiday as standard, a company pension, income protection, life assurance, wellbeing programme and staff discounts on Smeg products etc.

If you believe you have the relevant skills and are looking to join a well-known and progressive company we would love to hear from you.

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