Area Sales Manager

Role: Area Sales Manager

Sector: Security Hardware, Fenestration, locking mechanisms, mechanical/metal components

Location: South East England (Covering Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, London)

Salary: c£45k + Car Allowance + Bonus

We are seeking a dynamic Area Sales Manager to join our client in the South East, England. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a proven track record of exceeding sales targets.

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining the appropriate level of contact with the existing customer base, ensuring effective area planning to maximise call and closing rates
• Liaise with the Internal Sales team to follow up on customer enquiries on a timely basis, ensuring customer satisfaction
• Maximise sales for your area through the generation of new business by proactively targeting new customers
• Continuously analyse customer spends to effectively manage the product/service mix, pricing and margins to ensure full range selling
• Develop multi-level contacts within assigned key accounts to maintain strong relationships throughout the business
• Collaborate with the Product Development Team to monitor and report on market and competitor activities and promote new product ranges
• Liaise with Marketing to plan and support activities with customers
• Provide detailed monthly reports for your area
• Ensure all internal IT systems are kept fully updated, including opportunities for new products
• Adhere to all Health and Safety requirements, including relating to business travel, lone working and company equipment

What we're looking for

• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels
• Previous industry experience together with extensive understanding of the product range and their application is highly desirable
• Able to build and sustain effective long-term customer and team relationships
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach, able to self-manage and prioritise own work load
• Highly customer focused
• Problem solver with decisive approach
• Excellent negotiation and closing skills
• Strong presentation skills both face-to-face and in writing
• Results driven
• Full clean driving licence
• Strong IT and presentation skills, proficient in all Microsoft office

**Sponsorship is not available so you must have the full right to work in the UK**