Field-Based Horticulture Tech Sales Manager - Southwest

MorePeople; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Pension

Private healthcare

Bonus structure

Structured training and support (incl.

BASIS & FACTS if needed)

Job summary

MorePeople is recruiting a Horticulture Technical Area Sales Manager to cover Southwest England from a home-based role with travel. You will blend horticultural expertise with technical product advice to grow sales across nurseries, grower accounts, and distributors.

The role focuses on combining growing knowledge with a commercial mindset, building lasting relationships and delivering product trials, while collaborating with our technical, marketing and sales teams.

Qualifications

• Background in horticulture, ideally ornamentals.
• Strong plant knowledge and growing systems understanding.
• Commercial mindset with willingness to develop sales skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building ability.
• Full UK driving licence.
• BASIS & FACTS desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined territory, working with growers and distributors.
• Provide technical advice on fertilisers, growing media, and crop inputs.
• Identify new business opportunities and support market growth.
• Support product trials and share results with customers and team.
• Monitor competitor activity and feed insights back to the business.
• Maintain CRM records and forecasts; collaborate with internal teams.

Skills

Horticulture knowledge

Sales experience

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Driving licence

Education

BASIS & FACTS desirable

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

MorePeople is recruiting a Horticulture Technical Area Sales Manager to cover Southwest England from a home-based role with travel. You will blend horticultural expertise with technical product advice to grow sales across nurseries, grower accounts, and distributors.

The role focuses on combining growing knowledge with a commercial mindset, building lasting relationships and delivering product trials, while collaborating with our technical, marketing and sales teams.