We are looking for an experienced Area Sales Manager based in Northfleet area
- To increase profitability by striving the achieve Sales Targets, Lead Generation, building relationships with customers and ensuring pricing is effective.
- Grow relationship with existing customers to maximize sales opportunities.
- Acquisition of new customers through coordinated business development activities.
- To establish co-operative working relationships with other employees.
- Achieve individual sales targets and proactively champion the team’s objectives in order to achieve unit targets.
- Use a professional customer service approach when dealing with customers resulting in a superior customer experience.
- Manage personal work activities, ensuring the workload is achieved to agreed deadlines and quality standards.
- Take responsibility for maintaining their own knowledge and the development of others on the company processes, procedures, databases and supporting information. Use this information to maximize sales opportunities.
- Adhere to the requirements of legislation and company Health & Safety policies.
- Continually promoting employee involvement in Health & Safety practices and leading by example. Take appropriate remedial action when standards are not met.
- Good verbal, written communication, numeracy and IT skills.
ESSENTIAL:
- Good level of IT skills and knowledge of standard computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP.
- GCSE or Level Education.
- Previous Sales and negotiation experience.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Broad product knowledge awareness.
- Ability to achieve and exceed expectations and targets.
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and an entrepreneurial spirit.
- The ability to work as part of a team as well as work on own initiative.
- Full UK Driving License
DESIRABLE:
- Specific product and industry knowledge.
- Experience of dealing with both National & Independent Builders Merchants.
This role comes with a car allowance and laptop/phone - based near Northfleet (Essex) home based with around 1 day a week in the office - selling concrete products.