Area Sales Manager - Midlands/North England

Posted on November 17th, 2025

Stoke-on-Trent Type of Job: Permanent

Brightwork's client is currently recruiting an Area Sales Manager who will cover the Midlands and the North of England.

Responsibilities

• Repeat selling to an established customer base as well as generating new business.
• Responsible for proactively managing their accounts.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships with key accounts and Buying Groups across the UK.
• Own, hit or exceed annual sales targets and key milestones from a personal and company perspective from achieving sales targets, to maintaining a high level of customer service.
• Demonstrate a strong willingness to grow, lead and manage the sales territory.
• Ensure that the sales process and CRM are maintained from a key account and customer service perspective.
• Strong journey planning and account management experience.
• Proven ability in selling timber or building products.
• Experience of selling timber products into the builders' merchant sector - ESSENTIAL.
• Good communication skills are essential as well as the ability to deal with people at all levels of the organisation up to Director level.
• Personable and confident.
• Due to size of territory, there will be some nights away covering the territory as well as site and customer visits.

Qualifications

• Experience of selling timber products into the builders' merchant sector - ESSENTIAL.
• Good communication skills as well as the ability to deal with people at all levels of the organisation up to Director level.
• Personable and confident.

If you are interested in this role, please send your most recent CV and salary expectations to the address supplied.