Area Sales Managers £50-55,000, plus bonus Surrey & South London OR North London Regions Permanent roles Our client is looking for 2 Area Sales Managers predominately for the South and North London and wider regions. The right candidate is going to be supplying into Distributors for plumbing, electrical, hardware or similar products currently. You will be currently working as an Area Sales Manager (ASM) or Regional Manager (RM) or Business Development Manager or Sales Distribution Manager or Sales Engineer or similar. Duties of the Area Sales Manager: * Primary contact for all supporting distributors in the area. * Develop professional and respectful relationships with all key distributor personnel. * Stock profiling and management of stock at all supporting distributors. * Stock returns and cleanses are handled in accordance with company policy and procedure * Non-stocking distributors are to be targeted utilising internal sales to identify potential new stockists * New product lines are effectively sold into stockists. * Product awareness (training) to basic/intermediate level for distributor staff * Organise contractor training events, facilitated by the distributor, especially when new products are launched or regulations change. These will usually be with the local technical engineer. * Attend any industry events/trade shows as required and relevant to the area. * Provide the relevant Key Account Manager with targeted project leads from medium and large contractors You will be a driven and passionate sales individual, who understands the Distributor to end user market. Most weeks will be 4 days out and 1 day WFH to plan the following week. Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager. Covering the following postcodes: South: CR, KT, SM, SW, SE, TW, GU North: EN, N, NW, UB, WD, SL, W, E, HA * Salary: £50k to £55k (depending on experience) * Bonus * Pension * Private medical health (Single) * Group income protection * 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays * Buy and sell scheme (purchase up to 5 days)