Job Ref: 213522727

Date: 2021-04-12 11:55:52

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The Role

Area Sales Manager – Ideal Bathrooms

Competitive Salary – Based in Milton Keynes

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Do you have experience with bathroom products? Do you see yourself as a customer-focused individual, with a passion for sales and a drive to become a sales expert? Ideal Bathrooms – a market-leading brand – are on the lookout for a new Area Sales Manager in Milton Keynes. With a structured national team of 10 strong headed up by the UK Sales Director, you'd have the opportunity to work within an established team and collaborative environment where your progression is a priority.

We are looking for an Area Sales Manager to look after a network of our merchant, contract and retail customers within the local region. This role is critical to the success of the area and region in achieving the key business objectives in terms of sales and margin growth.

At Ideal Bathrooms, we are the UK's No.1 bathroom distributor and believe our service should be a shining example to the rest, where nothing is too much trouble and promises are always kept.

To be considered for the position, you will need:

Experience with bathroom products.
Proven sales experience. It would be advantageous if you have gained this experience within a building materials merchant, the construction industry or from within a similar product distribution sector.
An articulate, numerate and well-presented manner, being able to negotiate at all levels from site manager to senior buyer.
An organised and enthusiastic personality, with a real sense of energy and presence.
Knowledge of the industry and our bathroom related products would be an advantage to you being considered.
Excellent IT, budgetary and report writing skills.As an Area Sales Manager, you will be required to:

Develop new business opportunities and build upon existing relationships with our key customers.
Have a great focus on supplier engagement and feedback.
Continually review, evaluate and build upon your own performance.
Gain experience in preparing action plans to improve Sales.
Compile and analyse sales figures.
Evaluate and report on all changes in the local market conditions, identifying new business opportunities (i.e. commercial range, product gaps, competitor activity) and marketing opportunities.
Ensure your own product knowledge is continually up to date with all our current deals and offers.What are the benefits?

In addition to a competitive base salary, plus an attractive bonus scheme on top of your base salary, you will benefit from a significant focus on your own personal development and also have access to:

A defined contribution pension scheme.
A company car.
31 days holiday.
A defined share purchasing scheme (Each month you put away an agreed amount from your 'pre-tax' pay and we use it to buy Saint-Gobain shares for you. As an added bonus, for every four shares you buy Saint-Gobain will give you an extra share free of charge).
As an employee with Ideal Bathrooms, you are automatically covered by the Saint-Gobain Life Assurance Scheme.
Staff discounts and various other benefits.With such a significant presence, we are proud to offer our employees a career without boundaries … Are You In?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.

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