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Role: Area Sales Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 + Electric Company Car + Commission
Location: Hamilton
Are you looking to start a new career with a great company? We're looking for an Area Sales Manager to join the team at Portakabin based in Hamilton, covering the Paisley Region.
The role of Area Sales Manager is a hands on, commercial and results driven sales manager who has a passion for business development, understanding clients' needs and achieving orders, whilst delivering excellent customer service and clearly demonstrates our Company values.
You will develop and promote the Company's hire business, to include our full range of products and services, ensuring the Division's Customer Charter is followed. The role is target driven and the key focus is on order winning activity.
Working alongside projects and service teams in the region, and the Building Service functions, the role holder will be a strong communicator with a teamwork ethic.
As an Area Sales Manager, you will:
* Be accountable for the delivery set targets for the year for a particular catchment area including contract value, order numbers, and visits as well as other commercial KPI's.
* Carry out structured business development, local and national campaigns, including "cold calling" within the area designated, in order to achieve order targets.
* Prepare quotations and drawings against customer requirements.
* Generate orders by attending Customer sites.
* Maximise added value for every opportunity through promoting the full range of Building Services.
* Complete customer care programme to ensure maximum satisfaction, continuity of business and maximise referral opportunities.
* Ensuring compliance to business and quality processes for own catchment area, including ISO 9001.
* Effectively use internal systems (e.g. SAP, CRM) to ensure customer information is kept up to date and systems are aligned.
* Expedition of monies owed, in line with company guidelines and procedures.
Benefits & Opportunities
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the option to buy 5 days
* Commission
* Company Pension
* Working flexibly principles
* Company Car
As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin
Our ideal candidate
We are looking for someone who has:
* Proven commercial experience, including face to face sales experience and business development,
* Strong experience of carrying out business development activities (campaign calling and cold calling),
* Strong ability to work independently and drive in new initiatives,
* Strong B2B sales experience,
* Solid understanding of various software packages including MS Excel and PowerPoint,
* GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4 or above, education to A Level standard is desirable
* Ability to keep up to date with competitor information and market trends.
* Full UK Driving licence
Why Portakabin?
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes. Our solutions support a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, education, healthcare, transport, utilities, and construction.
We're committed to sustainability, from reducing the environmental impact of our own operations, to designing energy-efficient buildings for our customers, and supporting the communities we serve through employee volunteering and charitable giving.
Today, more than 2,000 people work for Portakabin across ten European countries.
Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on
Desired Skills and Experience
As an Area Sales Manager, you will:
* Be accountable for the delivery set targets for the year for a particular catchment area including contract value, order numbers, and visits as well as other commercial KPI's.
* Carry out structured business development, local and national campaigns, including "cold calling" within the area designated, in order to achieve order targets.
* Prepare quotations and drawings against customer requirements.
* Generate orders by attending Customer sites.
* Maximise added value for every opportunity through promoting the full range of Building Services.
* Complete customer care programme to ensure maximum satisfaction, continuity of business and maximise referral opportunities.
* Ensuring compliance to business and quality processes for own catchment area, including ISO 9001.
* Effectively use internal systems (e.g. SAP, CRM) to ensure customer information is kept up to date and systems are aligned.
* Expedition of monies owed, in line with company guidelines and procedures.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Business Development, General Business, and Sales
* Industries
Building Construction and Construction
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