Area Sales Manager – Garden Products

Area Sales Manager – Garden Products

Field Based - West of England + Wales

Competitive Salary + Additional Benefits

My client supply a broad and exciting range of garden products. They are continuously increasing and improving our product range, in order to provide customers with new and interesting products.

They are looking for an Area Sales manager to join their ever growing Sales team. It is a dynamic roll within a strong growing company. You will assist in placing the brand on the map in the UK and will be key in providing an effective build up and growth of the turnover with both existing and new customers. The customer base is mostly made up of independent garden centres.

The territory you will manage will be the West of England including Wales, the territory goes as far North as the Wirral and as far South as Southampton including the South West. The ideal location would be between Bristol and Worcestershire but would consider applicants who are on patch. The business present exhibit at important trade shows in the UK, we expect you to be committed for these shows.

• Driving new sales growth in a well-established are
• Developing strong, long-term, profitable business partnerships with customers
• Planning and executing customer specific sales strategies
• Negotiation of trading terms and promotions that achieve margin targets
• Working within a team to communicate, share resources and secure support to ensure the customer experience is always exceptional
• Attending all company Trade Show

Your experience will be as a home-based Area Sales Manager with a successful track record of sales achievement and a logical, progressive career to date. You might have worked in consumer goods, industrial or business to business sales but we have a strong preference for someone who has sold a product rather than a service. Ideally with Garden experience.