Area Sales Manager (North London)

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Area Sales Manager (North London) £35-45k Basic Plus High OTE + Car

 
Our client has an exciting vacancy for an experienced Area Sales Manager with a background selling into the Electrical Wholesale / Contractor markets.

The overall purpose of the role is to maximise the revenue margin contribution from new / existing electrical wholesalers through professional sales and account management activities. You will be required to achieve set monthly and quarterly financial & productivity goals.

Key areas of responsibility

• proactively engage with electrical wholesaler channel to help create new "push/pull" business stream.
•  Develop and maintain relationships at all levels with key wholesaler personnel, especially the Principal, Buyer and Sales teams.
•  Liaise with the Internal Account Managers to support sales process.
•  Negotiate prices and rebates to maximise sales and retained margins.
•  Assess wholesaler end-user opportunities and assist to win business.
•  Ensure all wholesalers fully comply with Terms and Conditions, including payment terms – all commercial matters.
•  Acquire a high degree of individual wholesaler and product knowledge.
•  Attend exhibitions and events where required to showcase products and services.
•  Ensure day-to-day issues are being resolved in a timely and efficient manner by internal staff, and work closely with all departments to present a unified, consistent proposition to wholesalers.
•  Maximise wholesaler satisfaction.
•  Produce forecasting and progress reports
•  Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of key activities within each customer; conduct regular status and strategy meetings with the individual customer’s senior management.

Desirable Experience

• Proven track record & experience of success demonstrated in sales in the electrical wholesale industry and a track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• A sound understanding of distributors and demand creation business models. Strong verbal and communication skills.
• Detailed record keeping and strong attention to detail. Ability to develop relationships with a wide variety of individuals, internally and externally to the company.
• Strong presentation skills and an ability to tailor messages to the audience.

Essential Experience

• Excellent Customer management and relationship building capabilities.
• A strong desire to succeed in a highly competitive environment.
• The ability to execute against strategic goals, and to act upon their own initiative, strong team player.
• A desire to provide the highest quality of service.
• The ability to grow and develop new accounts.
• The ability to work alone

A fantastic opportunity to be part of and significantly influence a new and exciting venture and to work in a focused and adaptive environment with experienced professionals….


If you are an ambitious career professional and wish to work for a Company that offers real incentives and superb career support & training, then this is the job for you!

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