Area Sales Manager

JR United Kingdom; Wolverhampton; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food service is seeking an Area Sales Manager for the West Midlands region. This role offers a home-based contract with a competitive salary and bonuses. You will be responsible for building customer relationships, driving growth, and acting as a brand ambassador. The ideal candidate is service-focused, self-motivated, and has a passion for sales. Opportunities for career progression are available.

Benefits

Company Car

Great Bonus

Home-based Contract

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of delivering against targets.
• Highly service-focused with a customer-centric approach.

Responsibilities

• Build and leverage strong customer relationships.
• Grow and retain customers, delivering profitable volume growth.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes in your local market.

Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Sales

Tenacity

Resilience

Self-motivation

Tools

Salesforce

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Area Sales Manager - Homebased / Field Sales – West Midlands

Up to £33,000 + great bonus, company car & home-based contract

Here at Brakes, we’ve got ambitious growth plans. If you’re 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.

What you'll be doing:

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

You should be highly service-focused, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, providing the best solutions to support and enhance their business. Being tenacious and resilient, you’re a self-starter with the drive and determination to succeed, with demonstrable experience of delivering against targets. You’ll also be self-motivated to develop yourself continuously, seeking improvement by learning from a diverse range of skills and experiences, and participating in various Learning & Development programmes. There are opportunities to progress into a wide range of commercial roles to develop your career further.

Confidence with adopting our modernisation programme and new technology to improve the customer experience and optimise performance is essential. Experience with Salesforce is not essential but would be advantageous.