As a professional Business Development Manager/ Area Sales Manager you're looking to unlock your career potential.  You will be selling our growing range of high-quality door and window hardware solutions to new and existing joinery, fenestration and construction customers across the South East. Offering excellent prospects, this is a perfect opportunity to build a career with a market leader.
 
BASIC SALARY: Up to £50,000 per annum
 
BENEFITS:
· OTE £60,000 per annum
· Monthly Commission
· Bonus
· Company Car or Car Allowance
· Mobile Phone
· Social Events
 
LOCATION: Home based, you will ideally be living in the South East of the UK with a brief to cover the SE
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Brighton & Hove, Medway, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Portsmouth, New Forest, Maidstone, Basingstoke, Wycombe, Wokingham, Canterbury, Reading, West Berkshire, Oxford, Windsor, Slough, Guildford, Croydon, Sutton, Beaconsfield
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Area Sales Manager / Business Development Manager - Joinery / Fenestration / Construction
 
As our Business Development Manager / Area Sales Manager you'll have a proven track record of closing industrial type sales and developing long-term client accounts across the South East. You may have owned your own joinery business or sold within the timber/PVC/Aluminium door/window sector. Above all you'll bring the drive and self-motivation needed to build your (and our) reputation throughout your territory.
 
In additional you will:
· Be an expert at planning your time to maximise your time in front of your customers
· Ideally bring previous experience of selling to the construction, fenestration, and /or joinery sectors
· Be competent with IT systems and CRM packages (we use NetSuite and full training will be given)
· Be used to working as part of a team, supporting others and building positive internal relationships
 
JOB DESCRIPTION: Area Sales Manager / Business Development Manager - Joinery / Fenestration / Construction
 
As our Business Development Manager / Area Sales Manager you'll be home based covering the whole of the South East. Order values are varied and are likely to range from £1,000 to the £10,000's. You will have access to approx. 1000 active accounts, and you'll enjoy the support of our back-office team who will cover you with producing quotes, marketing support and more.  
 
Your main responsibilities will be:
· 60% account management and up-sell, 40% new business development.
· Presenting and demonstrating products.
· Regular face to face customer meetings.
· Closing opportunities and building long-term repeat business.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
Based in the South West of the country, we're a growing family business that's been delivering the highest quality door and window hardware for over 20 years. From humble beginnings we are proud to supply our products to a huge range of hardware distributors, door and window manufacturers, architects & specifiers, joiners, installers, construction companies and builders.
 
PROSPCTS:
 
We're growing quickly. As you develop your territory, you'll have the opportunity to hire additional headcount to maintain growth.
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Construction, Joinery, Fenestration, Manufacturing, Mechanical Manufacturing, Engineering, Industrial Components - Area Sales Manager, Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Business Development Executive, Technical Sales Manager, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, National Sales Manager, Sales Representative.
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
 
REF: LO17823, Wallace Hind Selection