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 in field sales, covering the Canterbury postcode and surrounding area. This full-time role comes with a market-leading salary, significant bonus potential and an excellent benefits package, including:

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• Significant bonus potential (uncapped) and regular incentives (Up to £54,000 OTE)
• Premium brand, tax efficient, company car
• iPad and iPhone
• Pension scheme, employer contributions +1% up to 8%
• No weekend or bank holiday working
• Christmas and new year shutdown
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• 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
• Employee Assistance Programme, 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 experienced peer, as a buddy

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. xwzovoh
• Previous experience within the flooring industry would be advantageous.