Area Sales Managers

Anderson Scott Solutions; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking Area Sales Managers for the South and North London regions. The role involves managing distributor relationships, stock management, and organizing training events. Candidates should have a strong sales background, ideally in plumbing or electrical products, and expect to work four days in the field and one day from home. Competitive salary of £50K-£55K with bonuses and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Pension

Private medical health

Income protection

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Buy and sell holiday scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record as an Area Sales Manager, Regional Manager, or similar.
• Experience in plumbing, electrical, or hardware products is a plus.
• Strong understanding of the distributor to end user market.

Responsibilities

• Manage distributor relationships and support.
• Conduct stock profiling and management.
• Target non-stocking distributors for new product lines.
• Organize contractor training events.
• Attend industry events as needed.

Skills

Sales experience in distributor markets

Relationship management

Stock management

Training skills

Job description

Area Sales Managers

50-55,000, plus bonus

Surrey & South London OR North London Regions

Permanent roles

Our client is looking for 2 Area Sales Managers predominately for the South and North London and wider regions. The right candidate is going to be supplying into Distributors for plumbing, electrical, hardware or similar products currently. You will be currently working as an Area Sales Manager (ASM) or Regional Manager (RM) or Business Development Manager or Sales Distribution Manager or Sales Engineer or similar.

Duties of the Area Sales Manager:

• Primary contact for all supporting distributors in the area.
• Develop professional and respectful relationships with all key distributor personnel.
• Stock profiling and management of stock at all supporting distributors.
• Stock returns and cleanses are handled in accordance with company policy and procedure
• Non-stocking distributors are to be targeted utilising internal sales to identify potential new stockists
• New product lines are effectively sold into stockists.
• Product awareness (training) to basic/intermediate level for distributor staff
• Organise contractor training events, facilitated by the distributor, especially when new products are launched or regulations change. These will usually be with the local technical engineer.
• Attend any industry events/trade shows as required and relevant to the area.
• Provide the relevant Key Account Manager with targeted project leads from medium and large contractors

You will be a driven and passionate sales individual, who understands the Distributor to end user market. Most weeks will be 4 days out and 1 day WFH to plan the following week. Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager.

Covering the following postcodes:

South: CR, KT, SM, SW, SE, TW, GU

North: EN, N, NW, UB, WD, SL, W, E, HA

• Salary: 50k to 55k (depending on experience)
• Bonus
• Pension
• Private medical health (Single)
• Group income protection
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• Buy and sell scheme (purchase up to 5 days)