Area Sales Manager

Headlam, Europe’s largest floor covering distributor, has an exciting opportunity for an Area Sales Manager to join its industry leading team within the JHS brand. This full-time role comes with a market-leading salary of £42,000 - £45,000 basic+significant bonus potential and an excellent benefits package, including:

• Significant bonus potential (uncapped) and regular incentives
• Premium brand, tax efficient, company car
• iPad and iPhone
• Pension scheme, employer contributions +1% up to 8%
• Annual pay review
• Private Medical Insurance
• No weekend or bank holiday working
• Christmas and new year shutdown
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + opportunity to buy and extra 5 days
• Employee recognition up to £100 for line manager ad-hoc behavioural awards
• Colleague discount, with access to buy the broadest range of floor coverings in the industry, at cost price
• Employee affiliation discounts and cashback across thousands of organisations
• Free electric charging points and free parking at majority of Trade Counters and Headlam premises throughout the UK
• Save as you earn / share save scheme
• Colleague “recommend a friend” referral scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, through Telus Health offering professional and confidential advice
• Life assurance
• 1 paid volunteering day a year
• A comprehensive induction, providing training on our products, our dedicated systems and sales skills
• Regular support from both your line manager and an experience peer, as a buddy
• Supplier training, factor tours and events, plus Christmas events

In this role, you will:

• Build relationships with circa 200 customers across a geographical area.
• You will launch our new ranges into retailers and specifiers alike, by creating and delivering a market-leading presentation on a wide range of product.
• Educate customers on the benefits of the B2B websites, to enable them to self-serve 24 hours a day.
• You will ultimately be responsible for maximising profitable sales of circa £2 million, within your allocated area.
• You will achieve this by maintaining and growing revenue streams from existing customer and securing new business opportunities.

If you have a passion for sales through service and a proven ability to drive excellent results, we would love to hear from you. To apply for this Area Sales Manager role, you will need:

• Previous sales experience, with a history of working to and exceeding targets.
• A full driving license.
• The ability to engage customers and build lasting relationships.
• Previous experience within the flooring industry would also be very advantageous.