AREA SALES MANAGER - LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

South East London
9 months ago
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AREA SALES MANAGER - £40 TO £45 (DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE) PLUS TERRITORY SALES GROWTH BONUSES - COVERING LONDON AND SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND - BASED FROM HOME.

A forward thinking and Award Winning innovative and rapidly expanding family-owned business that have supplied Trade customers for nearly 50 years across the East Anglia Region, they are looking for a motivated and proactive Territory Sales Manager to join their experienced Field Sales team. Ideally located within and covering the territory area of London and the Southeast of England , to Account Manage and service our existing customers and striving for new business.

The ideal candidate should have:

Sales Experience within the Pet Trade, with min 2 years as a Wholesale or Brand manufacture desired.

Has Fields Sales experience in servicing customers on a frequent call file, in the South East Region.

Account Manage growth through direct selling of new products, range distribution and pricing proposals negotiations.

An ability to meet and surpass targets.

Proactive and driven, developing Strong relationship and communication skills with customers.

Good administrative, organisational and time management skills

A high level of self-motivation and proactivity to service customers to gold standard.

Store and retail merchandising experience, whilst not essential, would be an advantage

Responsibilities:

Maintain and develop strong relationships with our existing customer base.

Working within a strong and established team.

Be capable of planning and prioritising your territory to maximise customer requirements.

Seek and secure all new business opportunities.

What we can offer you:

Based at home and reporting to Sales Director, an Excellent Salary, experience dependent and an attractive benefits package including New Business and annual Territory Sales Growth Bonuses.

Branded Company vehicle, Sales I, Laptop, I Pads, and I Phone with Pension & Private Health after qualifying probationary period.

If you are looking for a new challenge and want to join a successful Sales Team then please either send your CV or call Teresa

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