Area Account Manager

Wolseley Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Company car

Car allowance

Pension

Bonuses

Maternity leave

Discounts

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wolseley Group is seeking an Area Account Manager to cover Surrey and the South Coast. This field-based role requires driving sales, managing key accounts and developing new business within your territory, with ownership of growth plans and customer relationships.

You will work closely with branch teams to maximise opportunities, promote digital trading solutions, and deliver excellent service. The position offers a competitive salary, company car or car allowance, bonus and a comprehensive

Qualifications

• Proven experience in account management, business development or field sales.
• Strong track record of winning new business and growing accounts.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial awareness with ability to identify opportunities and deliver results.
• Self-motivated, resilient and target-driven in merchanting, distribution, wholesale or construction sectors.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Account management

Business development

Field sales

Relationship building

Negotiation

Communication

Job description

Salary

Competitive Salary + Company Car/Car Allowance + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Role

Area Account Manager - Field Based - Wolseley Local Division

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

Also, did we mention?

• 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
• 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!