Area Sales Manager

JR United Kingdom; North East; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service provider is seeking an Area Sales Manager for a home-based role covering Sunderland, Durham, and Darlington. The ideal candidate will have experience in sales, focusing on building strong customer relationships and achieving growth targets. The position offers a competitive salary with bonus potential, a company car, and opportunities for career development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Company car

Uncapped bonus potential

Options to purchase additional holidays

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in field sales or similar roles.
• Strong customer focus with ability to build relationships.
• Tenacious and resilient self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships.
• Grow and retain customers, achieving volume growth.
• Act as a brand ambassador for the company.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Sales proficiency

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Area Sales Manager - Homebased / Field Sales – Sunderland, Durham, Darlington

Up to £32,000 + great bonus, company car & home-based contract

Here at Brakes, we have ambitious growth plans. If you are currently working in Field Sales or have the talent to match your ambition to thrive in the biggest and best Food Service sales force, and are passionate about forging a career in sales, we have a fantastic opportunity for an Area Sales Manager to join our Independent Sales Team.

Key Accountabilities

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships through a natural curiosity in the independent sector.
• Grow and retain customers, delivering profitable volume growth against targets.
• Partner with your customers to understand their growth plans, add value, and offer a wide range of practical solutions and products.
• Understand competitor activity and proposals, ensuring you always offer your customers the best local solutions.
• Work proactively with the Business Development Manager to understand new customer requirements and ensure a successful handover.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes in your local market.

It goes without saying that you are highly service-focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, providing the best solutions to support and enhance their business. Tenacious and resilient, you are a self-starter with the drive and determination to succeed and have demonstrable experience of delivering against targets. You are self-motivated to develop your skills continuously, seeking improvement through learning from a diverse range of skills and experience, including our L&D programmes. There are opportunities to progress into various commercial roles to develop your career.

You should be confident with our modernisation programme and the new technology we are adopting to improve customer experience and optimise performance. Experience with Salesforce is advantageous but not essential.

In return, we offer a competitive base salary, uncapped bonus potential, a home-based contract, a company car, options to purchase additional holidays, and award-winning products at nearly cost price.

We value diversity and aim to create an inclusive workplace. We want you to bring your whole self to work and help define our culture. #BelongAtBrakes.

Why Brakes? Our purpose is connecting the world to share food and care for one another.

With our commitment to ethical sourcing, sustainability, and award-winning products, you will have the support of the Brakes business behind you.