Regional Store Sales Representative

Workshop Recruitment; Purbrook; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Job summary

Workshop Recruitment is seeking a Regional Store Sales Representative to cover Bournemouth to Worthing, a field-based role with five days per week in the region. The package includes a £40,000 salary plus commission (OTE £45,000–£48,000) and a company car, with potential hybrid working options.

You will visit customers, grow store footfall, identify new opportunities, and collaborate with store and regional teams to drive sales across five regional trade stores.

Qualifications

• Proven sales experience with a track record of success.
• Excellent face-to-face communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised, self-motivated and target-driven.
• Ability to develop smaller but commercially significant customers.
• Confident working independently across a defined region.

Responsibilities

• Visit customer sites to promote the brand and drive store visits.
• Increase footfall and sales across five regional trade stores.
• Identify new customers, opportunities and market intelligence in local areas.
• Refer larger opportunities to regional account managers.
• Support quotes, inquiries and customer follow-up with stores.
• Support trade events and customer engagement activities.
• Occasional cover within trade stores when required.

Skills

Sales experience

Face-to-face communication

Organised

Self-motivated

Regional travel

Business development

Job description

Regional Store Sales Representative

Regional covering Bournemouth to Worthing

Salary - £40,000 + Commission (OTE £45,000-£48,000) + Company Car

Full-Time | Permanent

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about construction with proven sales experience and a passion for face-to-face customer engagement?

Join a well-established trade-focused business and take ownership of customer engagement across five regional trade stores.You'll spend most of your time visiting customers and prospects, increasing store footfall, generating new opportunities and supporting sales growth.

The Regional Store Sales Representative will work to a structured schedule, typically covering customers within around 20 minutes of each store.

This is a field-based role combining independent sales activity with close collaboration across store and regional sales teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Visit customer sites systematically to promote the brand, distribute catalogs and drive store visits.
• Increase footfall and sales across five regional trade stores.
• Identify new customers, opportunities and market intelligence within each local area.
• Refer larger opportunities to the relevant regional account manager for follow-up.
• Visit new customers and sites identified by the business development team.
• Work with store managers to support quotes, enquiries and customer follow-up.
• Support trade events and customer engagement activities.
• Provide occasional cover within trade stores when required.

Skills & Knowledge Required

• Proven sales experience with a strong track record of success.
• Exceptional face-to-face communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised, self-motivated and target driven.
• Passion for developing smaller but commercially significant customers.
• Confident working independently across a defined region.
• Commercially aware with the ability to identify new opportunities.

Hours

Office hours Monday to Friday (earlier starts available due to nature of business)

May be able to offer an element of hybrid work if competent

The Regional Store Sales Representative will spend five days per week visiting customers, with store support as required and one day per month at head office for reviews and catch-ups