Field-Based Area Account Manager: Surrey & South Coast

Wolseley Group; Crawley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Car allowance

Bonus

Pension

Annual leave

Discounts

Healthcare

Cycle to work

YuLife app

Job summary

Wolseley Group in the UK is seeking an Area Account Manager to own a territory covering the Surrey area and the South Coast. This field-based, full-time role is ideal for a driven sales professional aiming to grow key customer relationships and win new business through proactive account management.

You will drive sales and margin growth, engage with customer decision-makers face-to-face, work with branch teams to maximise opportunities, and promote digital trading tools.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in account management, business development or field sales.
• Strong track record of winning new business and growing accounts.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial awareness with ability to identify opportunities.
• Self-motivated, resilient and target-driven, with experience in merchanting, distribution, wholesale or construction-related sectors advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Driving sales and margin growth across your designated territory through proactive business development and account management.
• Winning new customers while identifying opportunities to grow spend within existing accounts.
• Building strong relationships with customer decision-makers through regular face-to-face engagement.
• Working closely with branch teams to maximise sales opportunities and deliver outstanding customer service.
• Promoting digital trading solutions and using market insights to increase customer engagement and grow market share.

Skills

Account management

Business development

Field sales

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship-building

Commercial awareness

Target-driven

Resilience

Team collaboration

Tools

Job description

Wolseley Group in the UK is seeking an Area Account Manager to own a territory covering the Surrey area and the South Coast. This field-based, full-time role is ideal for a driven sales professional aiming to grow key customer relationships and win new business through proactive account management.

You will drive sales and margin growth, engage with customer decision-makers face-to-face, work with branch teams to maximise opportunities, and promote digital trading tools.