Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and proactive Area Sales Manager to join a successful business who are one of the biggest names in their sector. With 15 strategic trading locations and a divisional turnover of circa 3120 million, they are part of a 31 billion turnover group who already employee over 2,000 people nationwide.
The business distributes a wide range of DIY, gardening and housewares products to business customers including high street retailers, garden centres, DIY stores and independent hardware stores across the UK and Northern Ireland.
Role Responsibilities
This role is an excellent opportunity to build a successful area sales career with a market-leading group. Youll take on a well-established sales territory with lots of potential for growth covering North-West London, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
As an Area Sales Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and building on relationships with a well-established portfolio of customers (garden centre buyers, hardware store owners, etc.)
• Driving sales growth by identifying opportunities to develop company performance and revenue
• Ensuring the achievement of set targets and objectives
• Presenting, communicating and selling to a well-established customer base
• Establishing relationships with new customers

Rewards
You will be given the tools to be successful and the freedom to make an impact and progress in this highly sociable and fast-paced industry.
As an Area Sales Manager, you will receive:

• Starting salary between 333,000 336,000
• Your share of the companys profits in the form of a lucrative uncapped bonus
• Company car, mobile and laptop
• Optional membership of the excellent company pension

Role Requirements
To be successful in this Area Sales Manager role, you should be:

• An experienced field salesperson (ideally) with knowledge of how to manage a territory and organise daily visits
• Ideally, some knowledge about the DIY/ Hardware sector
• An excellent communicator
• Ambitious, driven and self-motivated
• Able to build relationships with people from all backgrounds and age profiles

Think you have what it takes? Apply today to find out more!