Are you a driven sales professional with a passion for building strong customer relationships and delivering commercial results? Brett Landscaping and Building Products, part of the UK's largest independently owned building materials group, is seeking an ambitious Area Sales Manager to develop and grow our presence across the Southeast.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected market leader with a reputation for quality products, technical expertise and exceptional customer service. You'll have the autonomy to manage your territory, develop key customer partnerships and play a vital role in driving business growth, while benefiting from genuine career development opportunities within a successful and expanding organisation.
About Your Role
Increase sales volume, revenue and margin across the Landscaping Products portfolio through builders' merchant stock sales.
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Manage key customer relationships to maximise business opportunities and strengthen account performance.
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Identify, secure and develop new business opportunities across the territory.
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Work closely with merchant partners to deliver sales growth against agreed targets.
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Proactively promote Brett Landscaping and Building Products' product range to existing and prospective customers.
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Develop strong working relationships with internal departments and external stakeholders to generate leads and create new sales opportunities.
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Increase brand awareness and market presence through customer engagement, social media activity and virtual meetings.
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Deliver excellent customer service and act as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the region.
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- Provide market feedback and competitor insight to support business development initiatives.
We're Looking For
Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets.
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Strong sales, account management and business development experience.
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Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
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Self-motivated, proactive and able to work independently.
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Experience managing customer relationships and resolving customer issues effectively.
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Strong commercial awareness and a results-driven approach.
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Confident presentation and product training skills, both online and face-to-face.
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Ability to build credibility with a wide range of stakeholders.
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Knowledge of the construction, building products or landscaping sector would be advantageous.
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Good IT skills and experience of CRM systems.
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- Full UK driving licence.
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!
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 [email protected]
