Area Account Manager

Wolseley; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave with length of service

Bonus potential

Health and wellbeing benefits

Cycle to Work scheme

Online and high street discounts

Job summary

Wolseley in Leeds is seeking an Area Account Manager to own the Leeds territory, drive customer growth and build lasting relationships with key decision-makers through regular face-to-face engagement.

You will work with branch teams to maximise sales, promote digital trading solutions, and use market insights to increase market share while delivering outstanding customer service. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in account management and field sales.
• Strong track record of winning new business and growing accounts.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Able to identify opportunities and deliver results.
• Experience in merchanting, distribution, wholesale or construction sectors advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Driving sales and margin growth across your 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

Negotiation

Relationship building

Communication

Commercial awareness

Self-motivated

Target-driven

Resilience

Job description

We have an Area Account Manager role available covering the Leeds area. 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!