Area Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager - Street Furniture

Scarlet Selection; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based recruitment agency is looking for an experienced Area Sales Manager to sell traffic signage and safety solutions across the Southeast. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years in territory management, strong sales skills with local authorities and contractors, and will spend 4 days a week on the road. The position offers a competitive salary of £40k to £50k with an OTE of around £65k, plus extra benefits including a company car.

Benefits

Fully expensed company car or car allowance

20 days annual leave

Pension

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years territory management experience.
• Experience selling to local authorities and contractors.
• Experience of selling traffic signage or street furniture is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing accounts and develop new business opportunities.
• Conduct 3 to 4 sales appointments daily.
• Work out of the office 1 day a week.

Skills

Sales to local authorities

Account management

Business development

Job description

Overview

A genuinely exciting Area Sales Manager opportunity has arisen with this well-established supplier of traffic signage and traffic safety solutions. They are looking for an experienced sales professional with experience of selling to local authorities, contractors and architects to join their team. If this role sounds of interest, please apply ASAP.

Location

LOCATION: Candidates can live anywhere in the Southeast and cover the Southeast as a territory.

Salary

SALARY: £40k to £50k as a basic salary with an OTE of approximately £65k, with fully expensed company car or car allowance, 20 days annual leave and pension.

What you will sell

You will be selling a wide range of traffic signage, bollards and cycle lane products to local authorities, Facilities Managers, contractors, architects and designers.

Responsibilities

• Area role will be a mixture of account management and new business, identifying new points of contact within the local authority accounts and identifying projects for which to quote for.
• Generally spend 4 days a week out on the road (conducting 3 to 4 appointments a day), spending 1 day a week working from home.

Qualifications

• Candidates will have a minimum of 2 years territory management experience as well as experience of selling to local authorities and contractors.
• Experience of selling traffic signage or street furniture would be advantageous but not essential; your ability to win projects via local authorities and contractors is more important.

Application

If this sounds of interest, please apply ASAP. Contact: in the first instance please send your CV to Kelly Duke.

Eligibility

All vacancies are based in the UK. It is unlawful to employ a person who does not have permission to live and work in the UK and we will therefore only consider applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the EU.

Scarlet Selection are UK based recruitment specialists, placing experienced professionals across all industry sectors. The services Scarlet Selection provides are those of an employment agency.