Key Account Representative
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The posting
Permanent, Full time
Salary: £27,500 - £29,000 per annum,** plus performance related bonus**, company car, fuel card (plus **other fantastic **benefits)
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Are you a natural at building relationships? Do you love a target? Looking for your next challenge?
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team working with with 1 of the top 4 global tobacco companies (British American Tobacco). Working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment your role is to support our client in delivering their key sales and marketing strategies.
As a Key Account Representative you'll take responsibility for building and maintaining strong relationships with key decision makers within the forecourt, organised convenience & grocery channel. Day to day you will be helping drive sales through educating staff & key decision makers on our client’s product portfolio and ensuring products are available and compliant.
About Us
McCurrach is part of Avidity, the parent company of a group of sales and marketing agencies (McCurrach, Standout, Wave, Thumbprint & Zing).
We increase sales at the point of purchase.We are a leading field sales and marketing agency that helps brands sell more through a multi-faceted approach. We work with household names across various industries and are dedicated to delivering an outstanding service and optimising results.
Be yourself and grow, have your voice heard, and develop your career with flexible working policies and an abundance of opportunity with a sustainable, forward-thinking agency.
What We’re Looking For
We are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following skills and experience, but if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply - you might be just the right person for our team.
You’ll need
- Experience working in field sales or similar role
- Strong communication skills and confidence influencing stakeholders
- Stakeholder management experience
- Excellent time management and territory planning ability
- Be self-motivated and results-driven
- A full UK Driving Licence (no more than 6 points and no previous bans)
Nice to Have
- Merchandising or POS execution experience
- Direct selling skills
What You’ll Get in Return – Benefits and Perks
At McCurrach, we recognise that people are the key to our success. That’s why our benefits package is designed to offer continuous support, learning and development opportunities delivered by our in-house L&D team, support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
Our competitive benefits package includes
- Competitive salary and remuneration: annual pay reviews, performance bonuses and early pay access
- Transport: Company vehicle and fuel card
- Flexible working policies : SMART working options for all staff members and no weekend working
- Flexible annual leave entitlement: 23 days paid holiday + bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and the option to purchase 5 additional annual leave days
- Family friendly policies: enhanced sick pay, maternity/paternity leave, carers leave and parental leave
- Health and Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, including 6 face-to-face counselling sessions, wellness taskforce, community of mental health first aiders and wellness workshops
- Learning and development: PDR objectives, mentorship, career development plans, access to internal vacancies across all our Group Agencies
- Additional perks : discounted private healthcare, retail discounts, and life assurance
What Happens Next
- First step is to apply via our iCIMS page, or directly on this advert, in just a few minutes (click the apply button!)
- Your application will be reviewed by our recruitment team
- If your application is a good match, you’ll initially have a short call with a member of our Avidity Recruitment Team. If unsuccessful, you’ll only receive an email informing you at this stage, but don’t worry, we’ll keep your details on file in line with our data protection policy and you may be contacted about future roles!
- The next stage is a short interview with the hiring manager
- You’ll then be given quick feedback and next steps (if applicable)
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity, don’t miss out and **Apply Now!**
Taken from Avidity's own posting, last seen live on 13 Nov 2026.
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Pay schedule: Salaried agency employees with a performance bonus, company car and fuel card on field roles, a pension with employer contributions, life assurance and discounted private healthcare; in-store advisors are paid by the hour plus uncapped commission or a pro-rata salary for part-time weekend hours.
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