Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire
- Date: 8 hours ago
Description:
Permanent field sales and account management opportunity
Join one of the UK's leading manufacturers of building products
Supportive, inclusive culture with genuine career development opportunities
Strong focus on wellbeing, flexibility and work-life balance
Excellent salary, benefits and long-term career securityArea Sales Manager
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Area Sales Manager to join a true brand leader within the building materials market sector.
Covering an established territory across Central England, (ideally based around Milton Keynes), you'll work closely with national and independent builders' merchants, buying groups and trade customers. Your focus will be on developing existing customer relationships, increasing sales and helping customers maximise the performance of a trusted product portfolio.
This is a varied field-based role where you'll regularly visit customers across your territory, deliver branch trade days, improve point-of-sale displays, support promotional campaigns alongside national account colleagues and provide engaging product training to merchant sales teams. You'll also use a CRM system to manage customer activity, identify opportunities and plan account development.
About You
We're looking for someone who enjoys building long-term relationships and delivering outstanding customer service. You will already be working in field sales or territory management within the building materials industry or other trade distribution environments such as electrical wholesale.
You'll also have:
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
A commercial and analytical approach to account development
A full UK driving licence
Flexibility for occasional overnight staysThe Company
Our client is a leading international manufacturer with a long-established reputation for quality, innovation and customer service. Backed by the resources of a global organisation, the business offers the stability of a market leader alongside a supportive, collaborative and inclusive culture. Employees are encouraged to develop their careers through ongoing training, investment and genuine progression opportunities.
Package
£40,000-£45,000 basic salary
Up to 20% annual bonus
Hybrid company car
Generous employer pension contribution
Healthcare cash plan
Enhanced maternity and company sick pay
Flexible working hours with discretionary flexitime
Lunch allowance when working externally
26 days' annual leave plus bank holidaysLocation: Suitable for candidates based in Northampton, Luton, Stevenage, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Reading, Oxford, Gloucester