Area Sales Manager - Construction

Alexander Chapel; Lewes, Riverhead; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of building products is seeking an Area Sales Manager for South East England. The successful candidate will focus on building strong client relationships and seeking new business opportunities. Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic, confident, and have experience in external sales. This role offers a competitive salary, commissions, and a full benefits package.

Benefits

Full Benefits Package

Company Car Choice

Qualifications

• Experience in external sales is preferred.
• Ability to build relationships and engage with clients.
• Good level of IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a wide range of customers.
• Build on existing relationships through face-to-face visits.
• Identify sales growth opportunities within the region.

Skills

Relationship Building

Business Intelligence

Self-Motivation

Positive Attitude

Organizational Skills

Communication

Job description

South East England - Building Products ( MFR ) Ref: 12,524c£35,000 - £45,000 Basic + £10,000 Commissions + Choice of Co Car plus Full Benefits package Region: South East London & Kent / East Sussex Our client is a leading and International Building products Manufacturer in their particular field of business and have a track record of selling to contractors, specifiers, merchants and public sector customers and authorities. They also have a great reputation for career development with excellent staff retention and stability and the current Sales Manager has climbed the career ladders from their start in a similar Sales position.They are currently recruiting for an Area Sales Manager to cover the South East of England Region. Candidates that apply will need to live within this Region with the best locations within East Sussex and Kent and Greater London ( South East ) You will ideally need to have some external sales experience and preferably a background in professional Sales in a product orientated environment. The role is "person led" and therefore you must be engaging, have an articulate confident manner and be someone who is seen and remembered in a positive light. This client is also looking for a professional individual who is bright / well educated and prepared to put the hard work and effort into developing their Sales Region and their Sales Career.The Role As Area Sales Manager you will have responsibility to develop and manage the wide range of customers whether Contractors, Specifiers, merchants or public sector clients on the region. The successful candidate will be required to build on existing relationships with daily face to face visits to develop accounts and maximize Sales and Company presence. You will also be required to seek and identify sales growth and business opportunities to help increase the turnover on the Region.Candidate Profile

• An enthusiastic manner and positive attitude
• Business intelligence
• Ability to listen and understand customers
• Confident and Professionally presented
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Good organisational skills
• Self-motivated
• Positive and Energetic
• Excellent Telephone Manner
• Where necessary spend occasional nights away.
• Living in the South East of England on or near to the "patch".
• Experience in selling to Building Contractors / Merchants / Specifiers will be an advantage, although not essential. Backgrounds in professional B2B Sales in other sectors have been recruited and will be looked at positively.
• Experience in external sales is probably preferred though again this Company have trained others in their sales team from internal type sales roles. Salaries will be professional though at a slightly lower level for these less experienced Sales individuals looking to develop their sales careers.
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Passport

To summarise you will need to be articulate, intelligent, enthusiastic and driven to fit into a successful and growing organisation with a great sales team. You will also have a positive approach to sales and have a relatively good level of IT literacy. Essentially, you must have the personality, intelligence, drive and enthusiasm not only to develop existing customers but also to seek new business opportunities where appropriate, help secure targets and build your career over the long term within an organisation which is continuing to grow year on year.Please call Nick George at Alexander Chapel to discuss this role in more detail or apply ASAP with your CV.Our Recruitment Team has over one hundred years of experience so we are confident we can help you if you want to look at other Sales and Sales orientated Business to Business roles so send your CV into us and we will see what extra we can do.