National Sales Account Manager

TN United Kingdom; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and fast-paced team as a National Sales Account Manager, where you'll build outstanding relationships with key clients across the nation. This hybrid role involves four days on the road visiting contractors and one day working from home, providing a great balance of flexibility and engagement. With excellent training and development opportunities, you’ll be supported in achieving your sales targets while enjoying a culture that emphasizes teamwork and shared goals. If you have a passion for sales and a desire to grow within a leading building materials distributor, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Colleague discounts across Group businesses

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and resilient individuals with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong ability to build relationships via phone and video calls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage partnerships with high-profile Key Accounts.
• Maximize customer deals and maintain regular contact with clients.

Skills

Relationship Building

Sales Management

Attention to Detail

Interpersonal Skills

Proactive Organization

Education

Experience in Sales

Tools

Company IT Systems

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28.04.2025

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12.06.2025

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Job Description:

Are you passionate, motivated, and enjoy building outstanding relationships? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment backed by a supportive team? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

We’ve got huge ambitions for 2024 and beyond, and we’re looking for a National Sales Account Manager to join our National sales team to help us achieve our goals.

Location: This is a national role requiring travel around 4 days per week to visit our contractors. A company vehicle will be provided.

Please note, overnight stays may be required depending on the location. You will be supported by and work alongside established colleagues as you learn the role.

This role is hybrid, involving one day working from home and four days on the road.

What you’ll be doing

You will lead and manage partnerships with high-profile Key Accounts, working collaboratively to achieve strategic plans and sales/profit targets. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing national customers, building relationships, generating inquiries, and converting them into orders.
• Working with Credit Services to ensure timely payments.
• Managing sales and profitability of each account in line with expectations.
• Maximizing all customer deals to their sales potential.
• Maintaining regular contact with customers and utilizing the “Quote Hub” for quotes.

What we are looking for

We seek enthusiastic, resilient, and resourceful individuals with excellent attention to detail and a passion for excellence. Being well-organized and proactive is essential, as you will build relationships remotely with major national clients.

Our culture is dynamic and fast-paced, emphasizing teamwork and shared goals.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A success-oriented attitude and a mindset for continuous improvement.
• Industry knowledge of building products is advantageous but not essential; training will be provided.
• Strong ability to build relationships via phone and video calls.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good knowledge of company IT systems.

Joining TP as a National Sales Account Manager offers excellent career development opportunities, supported by our development schemes and values-driven growth plans. Experience with national housebuilders and main contractors is preferred but not mandatory.

Benefits

You will receive top-tier training and development, with clear career progression paths within the Travis Perkins Group. Our benefits include:

• Performance-related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Colleague discounts across Group businesses, including trade discounts

About us

As the UK's largest distributor of building materials, Travis Perkins has been building Britain for over 200 years. With over 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 locations, we pride ourselves on our people and culture. We work hard and have fun together!