The overview
People know and love our brands like Coca-Cola, Fanta, Dr Pepper and Sprite. As an ambassador for CCEP, you’ll bring them alive, making sure they are always available to consumers and providing a fantastic experience to our customers. They could be supermarket chains, local convenience stores, wholesalers, restaurants, cafés… or many other outlets.
Success profile
Along with the ability to build a great rapport with customers, you’ll need a solution-focused approach to business problems. We also look for the determination to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment A driving licence is essential, and you’ll need to be eligible to work in your chosen location.
Speak to our people
Speak to our company insiders to see what working at CCEP is really like. Feel free to ask questions, or read through our discussion board.
Career path
Many Field Sales Representatives and Merchandisers are happy to stay in the role, giving their best and earning high rewards. But it can also be a springboard to move into national and key account management, or a sales management or merchandising team leader role. An example of a potential career path is here:
Sales Degree Apprenticeship - London
Apply England, United Kingdom Commercial: Field Sales 09/11/2024 97522Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
Sales Degree Apprenticeship Programme
Role Location: Various London Locations (3 Roles Available)
What to expect:
If you have a passion for business and sales, then joining our Sales Apprenticeship Degree programme at CCEP may be the perfect move for you! Delivered through Manchester Metropolitan University, upon successful completion of the programme, you will achieve a Level 6 Apprenticeship, with a Chartered Management Degree.
This 4-year programme will see you emersed into the world of Sales, working with our internal teams and external partners. You will spend your 1st year as a Grocery Merchandiser gaining an insight into the world of Coca-Cola products, providing the perfect starting point for a career with CCEP. In your 2nd year, you will then rotate into a Sales Representative role, delivering sales targets by building up existing relationships and creating new business opportunities, whilst becoming an expert in the soft drink category.
Your 3rd & 4th year are driven by you! You are able to apply to different roles in the business, depending on where your passion & skills align. You will have continuous support from the Head of Early Careers and our fantastic management teams to help support your career path.
What’s in it for you?:
- Level 6 Apprenticeship, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chartered Management – A degree without any debt!
- Starting salary for the programme is £23,510 with annual salary reviews each year
- Job car included + fuel card
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Pension scheme + CCEP share plan
- You will have access to our flexible benefits programme and lots of other great incentives
- Joining a world class organisation, with exceptional training and development throughout the duration of your apprenticeship
What we expect of you:
We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn, and who thrive off excellent training and career development. If you have the drive, enthusiasm, and passion to join our business – Apply today! This could be the perfect role for you!
Think you have what it takes to be a part of our award-winning apprentice programme? Just a few things we would need from you:
- Full driving licence – Ideally manual. This will need to be achieved by the start of the programme at the beginning of September 2025.
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Have been resident in England for more than 3 years
- Ideally you will have attained 104 UCAS points, achieved in A-Level or equivalent qualifications - but we are flexible with this. You can still apply if you are currently completing your studies.
- A minimum grade 4 achieved in Maths and English GCSE is desirable. Ideally this will need to be achieved by the start of the programme at the beginning of September 2025.
We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all and work with the philosophy that everyone is welcome. We aim to make the recruitment process as comfortable and accessible as possible. We would appreciate it if you would advise us of any particular requirements, adjustments or requests you may have to help us ensure that your experience is enjoyable.
We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.
We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.
From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider
We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.
Meet our people
The training was really good! Everybody was so welcoming and friendly. During my 4-6 week training, I was able to shadow 4 different reps giving me an insight into different areas.
Lisa
Field Sales Representative
Watch nowThe benefits
There are great benefits for hitting your targets and delivering a great customer experience. You can look forward to:
A market-competitive basic salary plus sales bonus to give you every incentive to excel
Phone, iPad and laptop, dependent on role. Company car for you to visit your customer base (not applicable to Merchandisers)
Flexible benefits programme for you and your family, covering savings and finance, wellbeing and lifestyle
Pension and share plan to help you prepare for the future