Area Sales Manager

CPJ Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks an Area Sales Manager for a field sales role covering the North of the United Kingdom. You will be selling high-quality flooring related products and managing relationships with contractors and distributors. Ideal candidates should be dynamic, likeable, and eager to succeed. Basic salary up to £40,000 with uncapped OTE & bonuses, including private healthcare and a hybrid high-spec company car.

Benefits

Up to £40,000 salary based on experience

OTE and Bonus £12,000 uncapped

Private healthcare

Dental and life assurance

37 days holiday

Hybrid high-spec company car

Qualifications

• Dynamic FIELD SALES professional with a strong desire to succeed.
• Experience in construction sales is advantageous.
• Ability to manage and grow relationships with distributors.

Responsibilities

• Cover the North of the country, focusing on field sales.
• Sell high-quality flooring products.
• Generate demand with flooring contractors.
• Manage relationships with flooring distributors.
• Collaborate with a dynamic team and receive ongoing training.

Skills

Sales experience in field

Relationship management

Dynamic and likable personality

Social media savvy

Job description

Overview

The role of Area Sales Manager is a field sales role covering the North of the country (M62 corridor up to the Scottish Border). You will work for a leading brand and sell flooring related products such as levelling compounds, moisture protection and sub-floor preparation products. The role involves growing demand with flooring contractors and managing relationships with flooring distributors.

Responsibilities

• Field sales (field based) covering the North of the country (M62 corridor up to the Scottish Border).
• Sell high-quality flooring related products including levelling compounds, moisture protection and sub-floor preparation products.
• Spend approximately 60% of time generating demand with flooring contractors and about 30% of time back-selling and managing relationships with flooring distributors such as Headlam, Carpet & Flooring and other distributors.
• Inherit a high‑performing area with strong pre-existing relationships.
• Collaborate with a dynamic team and benefit from ongoing training and support.

About the Company

Our client is a leading blue‑chip brand and manufacturer within the construction industry. They manufacture in the UK and offer high-quality heavy-side building products to national and independent builders' merchants. The company is well-known, has won multiple accreditations, and is recognised as a great place to work. It has a track record of retaining staff and promoting from within.

Candidate

• We are looking for a FIELD SALES professional who is dynamic, likeable, hungry to succeed and wants to be part of a winning team.
• While construction sales experience is advantageous, the employer is more interested in attitude, likeability and drive.
• It is preferable that you are social media savvy.

Package

• Up to £40,000 DOE
• OTE and Bonus £12,000 uncapped
• Private healthcare / Dental and life assurance
• Hybrid high-spec company car
• 37 days holiday

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