Area Sales Manager

• Join this well known garden trade supplier with a fantastic product range


• Inherit a well established sales area with high earnings potential


• Enjoy a package that offers an open ended quarterly bonus

• £negotiable plus quarterly bonus, hybrid company car, fuel card, pension, mobile, laptop and European head office travel.


• Ideally based in Yorkshire, you will use your planning skills to efficiently cover a sales area between Nottingham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Visiting an established base of garden centre customers your responsibilities will include:


• Review sell-through of existing lines and suggest range extensions


• Introductions of new products and categories


• In-store merchandising and training as required


• Build close relationships with owners, buyers and store sales teams


• Conduct annual range reviews and recommend improvements


• Support company events and UK trade shows and European sales meetings

• With a reputation for sourcing and supplying innovative, beautiful and functional products for the home and garden, this family owned European business has thousands of discerning retail customers. The UK sales team is a committed and passionate group of people who put customer relationships first.

• We are looking for an experienced Sales Representative who is calling on garden centres and has a proven ability to build relationships with store owners and managers. The additional qualities we seek are:


• Excellent territory planning and time management skills


• Capacity to manage a large product range, retaining focus on best-sellers


• A natural people person who builds relationships easily


• Persuasive and able to inspire customers to try something new


• Great team player

• The job holder will receive a negotiable basic salary plus a quarterly bonus. They also offer a hybrid company car, fuel card, mobile, laptop, and pension plan.

Job Reference: NH/97800

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