Area Sales Manager

• World renowned brand & market leader in plumbing & heating products
• Career progression opportunities to be had for those who want it
• Working with national & independent plumbing wholesalers in the South Central region
• Field sales position targeting plumbing contractors to generate demand & win new business
• A British Manufacturer!

Area Sales Manager

The Role: As an Area Sales Manager you will be covering the area of Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire. Your role will be targeting Plumbing Contractors across the region and selling a superb range of underfloor heating systems, pumps, valves, temperature control and push-fit piping products via your Merchant & Wholesale channel partners. These would find themselves in commercial buildings, domestic settings, and high-rise accommodation applications. You will build local relationships with contractors whilst ensuring your channel partners are very well looked after and serviced. 40% of your time will be account management which is more with the merchants, 60% will be generating demand with the end user contractors (this is the most important part of the role). This part of the role is activity driven, hosting trade-mornings in branches, 'skip chasing' projects on the ground, and training Branch staff in your product lines. Having this experience on your CV is vital to your application. This is an exciting, varied, and rewarding sales role for a major British manufacturing powerhouse.

The Company: Our client is one of the world leaders in the plumbing & heating arena. They have built on last year's success and are looking to bring in new skills & experience in to their sales team. They are a business with a lot of knowledge and expertise and are looking to enhance that in the Sales Team. This is a rare opportunity to come in at this level and they have a culture of developing people and pride themselves on longevity of staff and the training they put their people through. They're a long-established British Manufacturer with a heritage of quality which they are immensely proud of.

We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Have clear business development/demand generation evidence on your CV
• A hunger, drive, and desire to win new business with contractors & installers
• Have exposure to the construction market would be advantageous
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Have sold to, or worked for, merchants or wholesalers in the past would be advantageous
• Activity & target driven
• Full & Clean Driving licence

Salary: £35k- 45k basic salary DOE + 15% quarterly bonus + Company Car + Pension + 25 days holiday

Candidate Location: Wiltshire, Dorset or Hampshire

Desired Skills and Experience
Have clear business development/demand generation evidence on your CV
A hunger, drive, and desire to win new business with contractors & installers
Have exposure to the construction market would be advantageous
Strong communication and presentation skills
Have sold to, or worked for, merchants or wholesalers in the past would be advantageous
Activity & target driven
Full & Clean Driving licence