Area Sales Manager

PLAYDALE PLAYGROUNDS LTD; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 hours per week

Birthday holiday

Well-being plans

Discount app

Employee Assistance programme & Health

Job summary

Playdale Playgrounds Ltd, a leading outdoor playground equipment designer and manufacturer, seeks an Area Sales Manager to cover the Midlands. The successful candidate will drive sales to schools, authorities, housing developers and communities, based near Huntingdon/St Neots with easy access to the territory.

You will report to Head of Field Sales and work with sales support and marketing teams. The ideal candidate is a target-driven, professional salesperson with excellent presentation skills,

Qualifications

• Field sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets.
• Professional approach with strong organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Sell playground equipment to schools, nurseries, local authorities, and developers.
• Manage a Midlands territory and drive profitable sales.
• Work with sales support and marketing teams.
• Develop and maintain key customer relationships and identify new opportunities.

Skills

Opportunity identification

Presentation skills

Target achievement

Motivation

Professional appearance

Driving licence

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Job alerts Register your details Playdale Playgrounds Ltd, Haverthwaite, Cumbria, LA12 8AE United Kingdom

• Preferably located Huntingdon / St Neots / Cambourne / Peterborough area

Location: Preferably located Huntingdon / St Neots / Cambourne / Peterborough area - covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest

We are looking for a new Area Sales Manager, if you have a passion for sales and have a track record of exceeding targets, we want to hear from you!

Our #TEAM Benefits Include:

• Full time 35 hours per week
• Big birthdays ending in a zero, receive an additional holiday
• Free personalized well-being plans
• Access to high street discount app
• Employee Assistance programme & Health Cash Plan

At Playdale Playgrounds we are a dynamic, international business currently in over 50 countries, that design, manufacture, and install fun, exciting, outdoor playground equipment. We pride ourselves on creating exciting, innovative, and educational outdoor play equipment that makes children smile all over the world, which is why we are on the lookout for a target driven Area Sales Manager to wow our customers and join our fantastic and positive team.

This is an exciting role to sell the company’s high quality and innovative portfolio of playground equipment to schools & nurseries, local authorities, parish councils, housing developers, landscape architects, leisure operators and community groups.

The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneurial sales professional, who possesses a proven track record of hitting targets. As an individual, you will be professional and proactive, possessing strong organisational skills, and have a drive to be a winner!

The Role:

Area Sales Manager covering the Midlands of England, covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Therefore, it would be preferable that you are based centrally ie. Huntingdon / St Neots / Cambourne / Peterborough area with easy access routes to all areas. Supported by your Head of Field Sales, you will be responsible for driving sales of playground equipment and managing a territory profitably.

You will deal with existing business whilst targeting new business and working with your dedicated sales support and marketing functions.

About you:

• Experience of identifying new opportunities
• Excellent presentation skills
• Consistent drive to achieve monthly and annual targets
• Highly motivated to be a top performer
• Computer literate and experience using sales database/ CRM packages
• Smartly presented
• Full, clean driving licence

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have proven experience in field sales with a track record in exceeding targets (you should be able to demonstrate this through sales awards, appraisal information, monthly figures etc.)

Nice to have: Formal sales training would be an advantage however we are committed to developing individuals during an in-depth induction and mentoring programme. An interest in AI and automation would be advantageous.

Playdale Playgrounds is an equal opportunities employer. Due to the amount of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to them all individually. If you do not hear from us in a few weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.

• Location

  Preferably located Huntingdon / St Neots / Cambourne / Peterborough area

• Hours per week

  35