Regional Sales Manager| North Island

An exciting leadership opportunity has become available for a Regional Sales Manager - North Island within the Tip Top Grocery team. This newly created role is responsible for leading and developing a team of Area Managers while driving sales performance, execution excellence, and customer outcomes across the North Island.

As a key leader in the field team, you will partner closely with Key Account teams and internal stakeholders to align strategic priorities and ensure outstanding execution in market. You will inspire, coach and develop your team to deliver ambitious sales targets while building a high-performance culture that reflects GWF's values and behaviours.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Area Managers to achieve sales and execution objectives.
• Drive engagement, accountability and performance through regular coaching and field-based support.
• Deliver sales, KPI and cost targets across the North Island region.
• Ensure consistent execution of customer strategies and business priorities in market.
• Build strong relationships with customers and key internal stakeholders.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and support successful change implementation.
• Champion health, safety and wellbeing, fostering a positive safety culture across the region.
• Embed GWF values, behaviours and leadership expectations throughout the team.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Significant leadership experience, ideally within the FMCG or retail environment.
• A proven track record of delivering sales growth and commercial results.
• Strong coaching and people development capability.
• Experience leading high-performing teams through change and transformation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for delivering results.
• The ability to inspire, influence and engage teams across a geographically dispersed region.

Why Join Us?

This is an outstanding opportunity to take on a strategic leadership role within one of New Zealand's leading FMCG businesses. You will have the opportunity to shape team capability, influence business performance, and play a key role in delivering growth and stellar execution across the North Island, while developing the next generation of sales leaders.

How to Apply

If you are ready to take the next step in your leadership career, we encourage you to submit your application. Apply Online Now!

Applicants for this position may be required to undertake pre-employment checks, including Drug & Alcohol testing. 

Important: We have been alerted to scam emails falsely claiming to represent George Weston Foods. Please note that we will never offer employment without a formal recruitment process, ask for payment, or request sensitive information via external links or unsolicited messages. All official communication will come from verified company channels.

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