Retail Area Manager jobs in United Kingdom

A rare opportunity for an experienced Sales Manager with a proven track record of selling luxury interior products into Architects and Specifiers, Interior Designers and Shopfitters across the London region.

Basic salary: £60,000 - £70,000

• 20% Annual Bonus
• Pension
• Executive Benefits
• Mobile

Location: Home based

Commuteable locations: Hillingdon, Enfield, Croydon, Staines, Hackney, Brentwood, Watford, Slough, Dartford

As our Sales Manager, you will be representing our strong European brand, working closely with the UK Managing Director and Marketing Manager targeting Architects, Specifiers, Interior Designers and shopfitters within the M25 to obtain design specifications and develop new business with key project accounts in the area. You will be an integral part of the UK sales team and the wider European team and will play a pivotal role as well as having influence on the growth of the UK market.

• To achieve set targets as determined by the company.
• Create and develop lasting relationships with Architects, Specifiers, Interior Designers and Shopfitters.
• Provide accurate detailed monthly sales and SWOT reports to identify areas of opportunity and threat to the business.
• Be prepared to provide feedback on aspects of Sales and Marketing activity when requested.
• Represent the company at industry events and strengthen our presence in the community.
• Coordinate with internal teams and partners to ensure successful project execution.
• Carry out technical CPD/Seminars to actively promote the company’s range of refurbishment solutions.
• Assist with other internal departments (e.g. Marketing, Operations) as required to ensure that customer issues are resolved to their satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain an effective network of contacts and build relationships at all levels of the organisation internally and externally.
• Maintain regular contact with customers to optimise the selling potential and retain our existing customer portfolio.
• Be the person that all Architects, Specifiers, Interior Designers and Shopfitters could turn to for advice when they have a problem.

We are interested in hearing from career minded, experienced sales professionals with a track record of success selling luxury products into Architects, Specifiers, Interior Designers and Shopfitters.

• Capable of reading technical drawings, understanding materials and having an appreciation for amazing design.
• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality and business profit.
• Ambitious, credible, and comfortable in dealing with both internal and external contacts.
• Reliable, tolerant, and determined.
• An empathic communicator, well presented and business like.

We want someone who is driven to succeed and looking for an opportunity to work within a multinational organisation that offers extensive freedom of action and which has room to invest and very ambitious plans.

The company has over 50 years of experience and our products are produced with the utmost attention to quality and we have established ourselves as a global leader in architectural mouldings and wall panel solutions. We are a part of a larger group employing over 1700 members of staff across 16 sites. The Group operates in 5 core business sectors: technical insulation, protective packaging, design elements, underlays for floating floors and solutions for industry.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles: Regional Sales Manager, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Specification Sales Manager - Architects, Specifiers, Interior Design, Retail Shopfitting, Shopfitters.

Interested? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client, embraces diversity, champions equality, and fosters inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us directly.

Ref: IP18351, Wallace Hind Selection