Area sales manager

Area Sales Manager 
Location: South East (covering Southampton to Cambridge)

Salary: £35,000 Basic + Excellent Bonus Structure + Company Car

Are you an ambitious sales professional looking for your next challenge?
We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established and rapidly expanding manufacturing business that supplies specialist products and technical solutions to some of the UK’s leading manufacturers across a wide range of industries.
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of an established territory, developing existing customer relationships while identifying and winning new business.
If you enjoy meeting customers, building long-term partnerships and achieving sales targets, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role: As an Area Sales Manager, you’ll be responsible for managing and growing an established customer base throughout the South East whilst actively developing new business opportunities.
This is a field-based position where you’ll spend the majority of your week visiting customers across your region, supported by experienced technical and customer support teams.

Working Pattern

• Monday – Friday
• Office or home-based administration a couple of days a week 
• 3 days a week: customer visits across your territory

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop an existing portfolio of customers.
• Generate new business opportunities through proactive prospecting.
• Increase sales and profitability across your territory.
• Build strong, long-term customer relationships.
• Work alongside technical specialists to deliver product demonstrations and customer trials.
• Prepare quotations and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and sales forecasts.
• Represent the business professionally during customer meetings and industry events.
• Work closely with internal departments to ensure excellent customer service.

About You
We’re looking for someone who is motivated, commercially driven and enjoys building relationships.
You’ll ideally have:

• Previous experience in field sales, business development or account management.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying and winning new business.
• Strong organisation and time management skills.
• Confidence working independently within a field-based role.
• A full UK driving licence.

Experience within manufacturing, engineering, industrial products or technical sales would be advantageous, although full product training will be provided for the right individual.
What’s on Offer?

• £35,000 basic salary
• Excellent bonus structure
• Uncapped commission on new business
• Company car
• Laptop and mobile phone
• 21 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Holiday entitlement increasing with length of service
• Comprehensive product and technical training
• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities
• The opportunity to join a successful, growing business with long-term career prospects

Apply Today. If you’re looking to join a growing business where your success is recognised and rewarded, we’d love to hear from you.