Area Sales Manager

<p>Field-based Area Sales Manager role covering the South East and Midlands, working with builders' merchants, industrial distributors, DIY retailers, and manufacturing end users. Representing a market-leading range of tools and fixing solutions used across multiple trades, this is a high-potential territory with a strong existing customer base and significant growth opportunity.</p><p>You'll spend 3-4 days per week in the field, managing around 60 active accounts while developing new and lapsed business. Success will come from effective planning, with multiple pre-booked customer meetings daily, balancing account management through distribution and generating new industrial end-user business.</p><p>This role suits a commercially astute, organised sales professional with strong territory planning and new business skills, comfortable building long-term relationships while also securing quick wins.</p><p>The company is a well-established, respected brand in the fixings and fastenings sector, offering excellent support, strong leadership, and genuine career progression. xwzovoh </p><p>Salary: £40-45k basic + £7k OTE (uncapped), company car, pension, 25 days holiday, life assurance.</p><p>Candidate Location: Northampton, Milton Keynes, Coventry<br><br>Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.<br></p><strong>Desired Skills and Experience<br><br></strong>We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:<br>A field sales professional with a good level of demonstrable experience to date<br>Has route planning, account segmentation, and new business skill sets<br>Understands selling through distribution/builders merchants, as well as direct<br>Someone who is up for the challenge, able to spend up to a night away per week, and build business<br>Have an ambition to grow their personal brand and develop as a sales professional<br>Full & Clean Driving licence