Area Sales Manager - Merchants - South

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Country: United Kingdom
City: Slough
Req ID: 500623

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About the role

We are currently looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic Area Sales Manager - Merchants - South to join our UK team based flexibly in the South, UK.

The role is responsible for managing and growing a profitable Leviat UK business within builders merchant customers in a defined southern area of the UK.
You'll also develop House Builder & end user relationships where required and strengthen Leviat's brand presence within them.

Main responsibilities

In this role you'll:

• Personally manage the trading relationship between Leviat UK and a list of merchant & House Builder customers in the south of the UK.
• Prioritise focus branches and propose/implement activities to grow Leviat business including working with external commercial teams to support projects, training of branch staff and ranging/ merchandising in branch
• Ensure the 3 way link between the merchant's sales staff and the Leviat masonry project team is strong and supports targeted project business
• Contribute to our knowledge of competitor activity by making regular reports
• Support the launch of new products in the merchant channel
• Develop and report against an agreed set of commercial KPI's for selected merchant accounts
• Manage customer complaint handling and bring to a successful resolution
• Optimise the back selling of product orders from end users through to merchants
• Identify underperforming customers and create action plan to improve growth
• Attend exhibitions and conferences as appropriate in line with business requirements

Experience & qualifications

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• Developed interpersonal skills including good oral, telephone and written communication, active listening skills and personal empathy
• Analytical skills with the ability to spot opportunities
• Be able to develop personal credibility with customers
• A calm mature approach to problem-solving
• A good knowledge of how Leviat works with builders merchants, the basic construction process, pricing policy, the transactional process from enquiry through quotation, order, delivery, payment and credit if required (Training will be provided)0
• A good knowledge of UK builders merchants.(previous sales experience is essential, field sales experience desirable, but not necessarily in this sector as training will be provided)
• A clean drivers licence and comfortable driving 20-30k miles p.a.

What we offer?

• We are a global business, looking to attract and retain the best talent
• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development and internal promotion
• Highly competitive base pay
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid and flexible working dependent on your role
• A range of other benefits, specific to your role and depending on where in the world you join us i.e. health care, medical insurance, discounted shopping
• Ongoing personal learning and development support

Leviat is an equal opportunities employer. We are commited to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please note that we cannot accept any applications submitted through email for GDPR purposes. Candidates must apply through our job portal. We do not accept candidate introductions for this position from recruitment agencies, unless you have been instructed to do so by our recruitment team.

Date: 13 Aug 2024