Area Account Manager

Wolseley; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Company car or car allowance

Pension scheme

Bonuses

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Discounts

Job summary

Wolseley Crawley is seeking a proactive Area Account Manager to lead growth across the Surrey area and South Coast. You will own customer relationships, drive new business, and collaborate with branch teams to maximise opportunities while delivering top-class service.

This field-based, full-time role offers a competitive salary, a company car or car allowance, and a comprehensive benefits package including pension and bonus opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in account management and field sales.
• Track record of winning new business and growing accounts.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Self-motivated, resilient and target-driven with commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales and margin growth across designated territory through proactive business development and account management.
• Win new customers while growing spend within existing accounts.
• Build strong relationships with customer decision-makers through regular face-to-face engagement.
• Promote digital trading solutions and use market insights to increase customer engagement and market share.

Skills

Account management

Business development

Field sales

Negotiation skills

Communication

Job description

Area Account Manager### Area Account ManagerApply: Crawley (G55): Full time: Posted Today: JR116323**Salary:****Competitive Salary + Company Car/Car Allowance + Bonus + Excellent Benefits****Area Account Manager - Field Based - Wolseley Local Division****So, who are we?** We are the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do and, best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.We have an **Area Account Manager** role available covering **Surrey area & South Coast**This is a fantastic new opportunity for a driven sales professional to join a market-leading business, take ownership of a territory and make a real impact through customer growth, new business development and relationship management, while building a long-term career with Wolseley.**You'll be responsible for:*** Driving sales and margin growth across your designated territory through proactive business development and account management.* Winning new customers while identifying opportunities to grow spend within existing accounts.* Building strong relationships with customer decision-makers through regular face-to-face engagement.* Working closely with branch teams to maximise sales opportunities and deliver outstanding customer service.* Promoting digital trading solutions and using market insights to increase customer engagement and grow market share.This is a full-time, permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.**And here's what we'd like you to have:*** Proven experience in account management, business development, field sales or a similar customer-facing sales role.* A strong track record of winning new business and growing customer accounts.* Excellent communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills.* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities and deliver results.* A self-motivated, resilient and target-driven approach, with experience in merchanting, distribution, wholesale or construction-related sectors being advantageous**Also, did we mention?** In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including...Annual leave (increasing with length of service), company car or car allowance, a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!We look forward to receiving your application!### About UsThe Wolseley Group is a leading plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure trade specialist merchant, which employs over 5,500 people across the UK and Ireland, spanning 10 brands. Through our offices in Warwick and Ripon, our three distribution centres and our network of over 550 branches, our people work together to provide exceptional service to our customers every day. *We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having an organisation that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities, where everyone is treated with Fairness & Respect.*