Area Sales Manager

SFR Recruitment Solutions; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm seeks an Area Sales Manager in the UK. In this role, you will identify new business opportunities, maintain industry knowledge, and manage customer relationships. The ideal candidate has experience in hardware sales, formal sales training, and a clean driving license. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career within a forward-thinking business with a rewarding culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales of hardware systems for both architectural and specialist door manufacturers.
• Formal sales training is preferred.
• Confident and personable with clean driving license.

Responsibilities

• Represent the company professionally and maintain sales reports.
• Identify and secure new business opportunities.
• Maintain and grow sales of company products.
• Evaluate sales data to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Skills

Sales of Hardware systems

Formal sales training

Contacts with Architects and developers

Confident and personable

Clean driving licence

Presentation of PowerPoint

GAI Diploma

Job description

Overview

Area Sales Manager - South

Our client is a leading manufacturer of hinge and hardware products who are looking for a highly driven and skilled individual to join their team as Area Sales Manager.

Role

As Area Sales Manager you will be required to identify and secure new business opportunities and maintain knowledge of industry standards and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Represent the company in a professional manner
• Report directly to Head of Sales
• Provide weekly sales reports and collect customer feedback and market research
• Keep customer database up to date + establishing, maintaining, and increasing the customer base with both current Dealers, door producers and developers
• Maintain and grow sales of company products
• Achieving reasonable sales targets and goals based on current market trends
• Maintaining company profitability and sales margins
• Evaluating sales data to identify strengths and weaknesses in the current products
• Identifying new business opportunities within other market sectors
• Identifying and collaboration of projects within distributor customer base
• Have excellent product and technical knowledge of the product portfolio
• Maintaining and securing project and product specification
• Identifying and supporting in new product development
• Promoting of company and products via trade exhibitions
• Research and distinguish marketing opportunities

Skills & Experience

• Experience in sales of Hardware systems for both architectural and specialist door manufacturers.
• Formal sales training.
• Contacts with Architects and / or developers
• Confident and personable
• Clean driving licence
• Presentation of PowerPoint.
• GAI Diploma (this is a desire, not a demand)

Why should you apply?

This is a brilliant opportunity for a highly skilled sales professional in the construction sector to further develop their career with a forward thing business with a rewarding culture.

Architectural Ironmongery | Internal & External Doors | Access Control | Window & Door Hardware