Area Sales Representative

Job Title: Area Sales Representative

Location: Glasgow

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

About us:

Glasdon UK Limited is part of the Glasdon Group with companies in Europe and the United States and is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products

About the role:

Are you looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career and have what it takes to become a professional sales executive?

We are looking for a charismatic Area Sales Representative to operate across our Commercial and Local Government Health & Universities Divisions. This position requires you to sell a wide range of our products, including waste management, street furniture, safety products and seating

Our key customers for these products are Local Authorities, Councils, Government Departments, Universities, Colleges, and Hospitals, alongside their contractors and consultants, Retail, Leisure, Manufacturing, sporting Stadia, Services, Forecourts, Transport, Financial, Communications, so commitment to building long-term customer relationships is essential to attract repeat business

This position covers a large geographical territory encompassing all of Scotland, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Cleveland. Ideally, we would like you to be located around Glasgow or Edinburgh area.

If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent opportunities, career development opportunities and benefits then look no further

The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive training

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify new business opportunities and prospecting non-user accounts
• Follow up on sales leads
• Liaise with existing customers and develop new relationships
• Account management and rapport building
• Customer visitations to demonstrate and present products face to face
• Interpret sales reports and identify commercial markets and product opportunities
• Participate in team sales meetings and share product / market knowledge
• Work with in-house Product Design team to develop new products from concept through to production
• Plan and prioritise a territory to arrange meetings with a wide range of customers

The ideal candidate:

• Valid UK Driving Licence (Essential)
• Some experience within a sales or customer service environment
• A genuine interest towards developing a career in account management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A high level of self-motivation, and determination to achieve goals and targets
• Good organisational, administrative and time management skills
• Be inquisitive to identify customers' needs and the ability to offer informed solutions
• Good IT Literacy
• Strong A-Levels and/or University Degree or equivalent (desirable)

Benefits:

• A competitive commencing salary plus target bonus
• Company car and expenses
• 33 days annual leave
• Flexible annual leave
• Comprehensive training programmes
• Company Final Salary Pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service
• Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service
• Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date
• Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to minimum criteria)
• Long Service Awards
• Private health care scheme after a minimum of one years' service
• Cashback plan for dental care, eyecare, prescriptions, physiotherapy and more
• Subsidised on-site Café / social space
• Team building
• Paid charity days and company events
• Relocation Support

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