Graduate Area Sales Representative

Company

The market leading flooring distributor in Europe with revenues exceeding £600m in a £3bn industry. A PLC made up of 60 small businesses, meaning that staff benefit of being in a close knit team, with the financial backing of a large business. In a recent survey, 90% of staff said they were proud to work for the business and would go the extra mile for them.

Area Sales Representative

You will be managing a territory of 150-200 customers worth around £2m in annual sales. Your mission is to protect revenues in existing clients, look for opportunities to increase sales and look for new clients:

• Selling to independent retailers, building and flooring contractors and fitters
• Account management; maintaining relationships, introducing new product ranges, spotting opportunities to create more sales
• New business; replacing business that naturally falls off and looking to prospect to find new clients. This could be cold-calling, flyering, social media or any other ideas that you want to utilise
• You will benefit from plenty of product training and sales shadowing, but be encouraged to go out and make things happen
• Whilst it is a very autonomous role, there is plenty of support and regular get togethers for team building and collaborating

Package

• Base salary starts at £25K-30K depending on experience. Will be at least £30K at 3-6 month probation
• Realistic bonus potential of £12K per year (could be more), paid out on a monthly basis
• Company car; Volvo or Skoda Superb

Profile

• Full UK driving license
• Confident and independent
• Quick thinking
• Down to earth
• Experience in building relationships
• Sales experience is very welcome