Area Sales Manager

About The Role

We are looking for an ambitious and commercially driven Area Sales Manager to lead growth across the Midlands region. This is a field\-based role focused on strengthening the Brett brand within the landscaping and building products market, developing strong relationships with builders’ merchants and installer networks, and driving demand through both direct and indirect sales channels. The successful candidate will play a key role in increasing product visibility, generating new project opportunities, and delivering sustainable growth in volume, revenue, and margin, while working collaboratively to achieve regional targets and contribute to overall business success.

About Your Role

• Take ownership of growing and strengthening the Brett brand across the Midlands region, increasing awareness and demand for the company’s manufactured product range.


• Develop and manage strong relationships with both independent and national builders’ merchants, ensuring consistent engagement, product visibility, and commercial growth across depot networks.


• Raise the profile of Brett products within the installer community, particularly in the driveways and patios sector, driving specification and demand that translates into increased merchant sales.


• Deliver results against defined regional sales targets, contributing directly to the wider success and performance of the business.


• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively engage with customers, installers, and internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity, collaboration, and a high standard of professional representation.

We're Looking For

• Proven experience within the construction materials, landscaping, or building products sector, with a strong understanding of brick and hard landscaping product markets.


• Established network of contacts across builders’ merchants and installer communities, with the ability to leverage relationships to drive business growth.


• Demonstrated success in a field\-based sales role, with a track record of achieving or exceeding targets within a defined territory.


• Highly self\-motivated, proactive, and results\-driven, with a strong determination to succeed in a competitive sales environment.


• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present confidently to a wide range of stakeholders.


• Strong commercial awareness, with good numerical accuracy and the ability to analyse sales performance and opportunities.


• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively while maintaining long\-term, professional customer relationships.


• Well\-organised with strong time management skills, capable of managing a varied workload across a regional territory.


• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively within the Midlands region.


• Must reside within the designated territory to ensure effective regional coverage and customer engagement.

We'll Offer You

• A competitive salary


• Generous pension


• 25 days annual leave


• Life assurance


• Career and professional development


• Free onsite parking


• Enhanced parental leave


• Employee assistance programme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discounts


• Plus more!

About Us

Brett is the UK’s largest independently owned building materials Group with over 60 sites across the South, South East, East and Midlands and employing over 750 people.

Part of the Brett Group, Brett Landscaping and Building Products produces and supplies a variety of hard landscaping and building products including block and decorative paving, decorative aggregates, and specialist kerbs. Primarily distributed through builders’ merchants and garden centres, all our products are backed by technical and product expertise.

With a reputation for excellence, we offer superb development opportunities to people keen to be a part of our continued growth. As an independent business we can offer real job satisfaction in an environment which encourages you to contribute, supports you in getting the job done and enables you to become part of a team that delivers building materials for big ideas.

Why Join Brett

• Our people are individuals, we value your input and support you in your professional development.


• We see our people as our greatest strength.


• We work hard to create inclusive environments.


• Grow your skills with ongoing opportunities – our business thrives when our people are at their best, we encourage and support ongoing learning and development.

Brett Group operates an Equal Opportunities Policy and monitoring. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination in recruitment and employment. We take a zero\-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination and are committed to acting professionally and fairly in all our relationships and business dealings. This is not only a legal requirement but is vital for our brand, reputation and the long\-term success of our business.

Brett Group operates a preferred supplier list and does not accept agency CVs, unless specifically engaged to work on the role in writing by the People Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other location with the Brett Group. Brett Group will not be responsible for any fees relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Furthermore, Brett Group will only accept CVs submitted through our applicant tracking system, any and all CVs sent via email will be immediately deleted and shall not be subject to any agency terms or associated fees.

Should you wish to work with us now or in the future please email the recruitment team at recruitment.talent@brett.co.uk

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