Job Brief

In this role, you will represent Unilever, a tier one, trusted name in nutrition, hygiene and personal care. Train and lead a regional field execution team for this superstar brand!

What Encore's All About:
At Encore, we possess the expertise in field sales to ensure our clients are successful in their most critical market channels. Going deep with few...being nimble and responsive for us is more than a turn of phrase, it is a way of life...and it comes down to the following Vision and Mission that compel us to outperform every day. Our Vision: The first choice for tier one organizations seeking to optimize their field sales investment. Our Mission: Provide uncompromising quality of service and unparalleled calibre of thinking...developing strategies and delivering solutions that enable our clients to win.

The Opportunity: REGIONAL FIELD SUPERVISOR - ONTARIO EAST

Position Summary:

Our client is Unilever — one of the world’s most trusted names in nutrition, hygiene, and personal care. With 400+ household brands (think Axe, Dove, OLLY, Hellmann’s), they’re committed to helping people live well while building a more sustainable world.

We’re seeking a high-impact Regional Field Supervisor to lead and develop our Unilever field team focused on executing in a variety of retail channels. This role is essential to ensuring client success in a fast-paced, high-velocity retail environment where agility, relationships, and executional consistency are key.

The Perfect Person For the Role:

You're a leader who inspires peak performance, loves helping others grow, and thrives in a fast-moving, competitive environment. You translate high-level business goals into clear, achievable team actions. You understand that success in the space requires adaptability, creativity, and relentless attention to execution. You're hands-on, data-driven, and never satisfied with “just good enough.”

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead and motivate your team to achieve sales and merchandising objectives by fostering strong relationships with department managers across the territory.
• Drive sales growth by executing client priorities within assigned banners and geographic areas.
• Clearly communicate retail execution goals and ensure alignment across your team.
• Optimize call coverage and frequency using territory planning tools and performance tracking data.
• Spend ~60% of your time in the field coaching, developing, and supporting your team through hands-on leadership.
• Oversee seasonal retail activations, ensuring timely execution of displays and distribution efforts to maximize impact.
• Analyze performance reports regularly, identifying gaps and implementing corrective action plans as needed.
• Deliver comprehensive onboarding and ongoing training across the region; regional travel required.
• Maintain consistent communication with field reps through calls, emails, and team updates.
• Monitor and report on rep performance, including daily activities and goal achievement, using available tracking tools.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with client contacts to align on field execution and performance insights.
• Provide timely feedback and strategic insights to improve field coverage and effectiveness.
• Support planning and execution of regional sales meetings and field initiatives.

The RIGHT Candidate:

At Encore, we feel that no matter your background, what’s most important to your success and ours is the way you interact with others. Don’t get us wrong, if you have the right experience and skills, that’s great. So, if you’re thinking about working with Encore, it’s important that you know what we’ll expect from you:

• You believe in winning

• You bring passion and innovative thinking that will deliver results

• You believe that the words ‘work’ and ‘fun’ belong in the same sentence

You can be described as:

• Authentic
• Solutions-oriented
• Accountable
• Intellectually curious
• Self-motivated
• Receptive
• Assertive
• Driven
• Continuously challenging yourself
• Having business maturity, professional

Your Experience:

• 5+ years of successfully leading teams in a grocery environment
• 5 years of CPG or Category experience
• A natural, inspirational leader - The ability to cultivate collaborative internal and external relationships through leadership, influence and impact
• A genuine desire to move your team up the performance ladder
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
• High degree of comfort with technology
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills

How to Apply:
If you haven’t already figured it out, it’s really important for Encore to have the RIGHT Team. If you know that you’re a great match for this role and think you’ll be a great fit with Encore, then you should definitely apply to this exciting opportunity! If you’re not jazzed about what you’ve read so far, that’s OK, we’re sure the right job is out there somewhere for you.

For those of you who apply, thanks so much for your interest in learning more about this exciting opportunity. We’d love to chat with all of you, but sometimes we simply don’t have enough time. If we feel you’re a good match, we’ll definitely be reaching out to you to move you forward in the selection process. If you're selected, you'll be asked to complete a recorded, digital interview which you can do with a webcam or a mobile device with a front-facing camera.

Encore strives to make our recruitment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provides accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and selection process, please reach out to us.