Area Sales Manager South

Maidstone, Kent
Woodward Recruitment

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Area Sales Manager for the South region to join a highly established manufacturer of performance resin flooring systems. They are major players in the marketplace, supplying epoxy and polyurethane resin floor, wall and car park decking systems to a variety of industries.

Your territory will be South including Home Counties – Kent, Hampshire, Sussex, Essex and potentially further afield.

The role responsibilities for the Area Sales Manager will include:-

• Delivering the set Sales Target within assigned territory / customers.
• Creating opportunities through networking and relationship building.
• Understanding customer technical requirements and specifying the optimum solution.
• Developing account relationships by delivering excellent service.
• Demonstrating excellent time and territory management skills to balance account management, new business development and administration.
• Full UK driving licence.

The ideal candidate will hold the following skills and experience:-

• The ability to ask the right questions at the right time and to the right people, to influence the buying process positively and uncover the customer s real needs and deliver them.
• Ability to present information in a professional manner.
• Ability to effectively communicate and develop relationships at all levels within the company’s customer base as well as Architects, Engineers, Facilities Managers, Contracts/Project Managers, Company Owners, and Directors.
• Objection handling – Ability to think on their feet or apply a range of tactics to overcome customer objections throughout the whole sales process.
• You are motivated with common business sense, and you want to be successful whilst working towards sales targets.
• Adaptable to working as a team player & individually.
• Demonstrative experience as an Area Sales Manager within the construction materials sector, ideally within the resin flooring industry.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary (salary advertised is a base of £45K-£50K plus Bonus, equalling OTE up to c£60K), company car, mobile phone, pension, laptop etc.

This role is available immediately (notice periods are expected) so if you meet the above criteria, please apply now.