Area Sales Manager

Gordon Yates Recruitment Consultancy; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an Area Sales Manager to drive sales in the South East and East Anglia. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in B2B field sales, particularly in the construction sector. This role offers a competitive salary of £45-50K plus benefits, including an expensed vehicle and health insurance. Candidates are encouraged to apply quickly as interviews are being scheduled ASAP.

Benefits

Expensed vehicle

Health insurance

25 days leave per year

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in field sales with a focus on business development.
• Ability to drive growth and engage with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Sell bathroom, showering, and plumbing products to public sector customers.
• Manage existing and new customer relationships across the region.
• Develop and implement a sales strategy for growth.

Skills

Track record of success in B2B field sales

Experience selling construction products

Motivated team contributor

Job description

AREA SALES MANAGER

INTRODUCTION
Our client is a long-established manufacturing brand in the UK bathroom, showers and plumbing industry. Supplying public sector and private national and regional customers, they have developed a reputation for product and service excellence across the UK. As part of continued growth, they now need a business development manager in the South East and East Anglia.

LOCATION
South East and East Anglia field sales area
(Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, East London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk)

THE ROLE
The Area Sales Manager role is both home and field based and takes responsibility for a cGBP2m turnover sales region:

• Selling our client's range of bathrooms, showering and plumbing products into the public sector and social housing channel.
• Managing a range of existing and new customers across the region (local authorities, councils, housing associations, social housing, contractors and developers).
• Managing a leads and data, alongside the creation of new business to identify and win new sales opportunities with a range of contacts and stakeholders.
• Tracking sales processes and projects from start to finish, building relationships and influencing at each stage.
• Supported by an experienced leadership team; develop a successful sales strategy to deliver growth and hit targets.

THE PERSON NEEDED
Our client is open to considering candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, but needs to see:

• A track record of success in a B2B field sales role
• Prior experience selling either a comparable construction product, or into a comparable market sector or customer type.
• A positive to approach in driving growth across the sales region and the willingness to be a motivated team contributor.

THE REWARDS
GBP45-50K Basic salary -18K OTE
Expensed vehicle, pension, health insurance, 25 days leave pa, full package.

APPLY NOW!
If you fit the person needed criteria above, please send your CV today. My client is looking to interview ASAP on Teams. Contact for this role Joe Grace (phone number removed)

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