Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager – Merchants -Contractors and House-builders
Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry 

£32,000 - £40,000 plus bonus, car, phone, laptop

My client is world class manufacturing business with products that people need that can be used in a variety of different routes to market. The business has two product categories firstly commodity products that are sold through merchants and stocking points.  The second product category is purpose-built products that are sold to many different sectors, new build – residential, commercial, through house builders and contractors.

Due to investment and huge growth plans, they are looking to recruit an Area Sales Manager to focus on selling their products direct to site. The aim of this change is to bring more business back to the merchant network through education of the client base with all the products and services that are available.

Are you a driven Area Sales Manager looking for a company that is going places and is willing to take you and your career on the journey with them? This company is part of a huge network of UK and international businesses that can take your career as far as you want to go.

Role

You will cover your area, supporting all existing builder’s merchants and getting into new stockists. This will include national merchants like Jewson’s, Buildbase and independent merchants and buying groups.

You will map out your local area looking at all the contractors and builders that you can work with. You will utilise the large CRM system that is available to you. Also working with your merchant sales reps to identify their clients to help them secure more orders.

Candidate

To apply for this role, you will need to say yes to the following;

• Live on the patch
• Understanding of how a merchant works
• Sold a product to contractors and or house builders
• You will of either worked for a merchant or a manufacturer of construction products
• Experience of selling a construction product
• You will be a hunter and a farmer mentality

If this sound of interest to you, please call Natalie Chapman on 44 (0) (phone number removed)

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