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Area Sales Manager

TN United Kingdom

Bristol

Hybrid

GBP 40,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Area Sales Manager to join their dynamic team. This role involves visiting existing clients, developing new business leads, and managing a sales pipeline while working from home. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in business-to-business field sales, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to build personal relationships with clients. With a diverse product range including materials handling and storage equipment, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a supportive and innovative environment. If you're driven and ready to take your sales career to the next level, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

  • Experience in business to business field sales is essential.
  • Strong customer service skills and relationship building are crucial.

Responsibilities

  • Visit existing clients and develop new business leads.
  • Manage sales pipeline and generate appointments in the field.

Skills

Business to business field sales experience
Customer relationship building
Excellent customer service skills
Cold calling
Networking

Tools

MS Word
MS Excel
MS Outlook

Job description

JOB TITLE: Area Sales Manager
LOCATION: Bristol
SALARY: £40,000 (+ commission)
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
MUST HAVES: Previous business to business field sales experience.

The COMPANY
Our client is a very well-established supplier and manufacturer of materials handling and storage equipment. They offer over 45,000 lines of workplace equipment across a broad range of product categories such as PPE, screen protectors, recycling and waste bins, ladders, flooring, matting, cleaning and hygiene equipment, office furniture, access equipment, safety and security products plus many more.

The ROLE
The successful field sales candidate will be required to:

  1. Visit mainly existing clients. Work abroad.
  2. Develop new business leads via cold calling, referrals, social media, and networking which will account for 25% of your clients.
  3. Generate appointments to follow up in the field.
  4. Develop and actively manage sales pipeline.
  5. Work from home with a car (a nice hybrid car), phone and laptop.
  6. Occasional visits to accounts in Northern Ireland when circumstances dictate.

The CANDIDATE
Our client is looking for strong sales applicants with the following experience:

  1. Worked within a business to business field sales environment.
  2. Sold a wide range of products to business - potentially (but not essential) technical parts or stationary.
  3. Previous experience of building personal customer relationships.
  4. A driven and determined individual with the ability to generate and convert business opportunities.
  5. Excellent customer service skills.
  6. Competent in MS packages - Word, Excel and Outlook.

This role is commutable from Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cardiff, Swansea, and Exeter.

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