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Area Sales Manager

Job Code: JB 183

Location

Leatherhead, UK

Rate Of Pay

£36,000/Annum

Contract Type

Permanent / Full-time

This opportunity is time-sensitive. If you think you're a great fit, apply now!

Job Description:

The Role

Blue Recruitment Personnel is recruiting for an Area Sales Manager to develop customer relationships and generate new business across the SL, RH, and KT postcode areas.

This field-based role focuses on selling new and used equipment, service contracts, and associated solutions to new and existing customers.

You will manage sales activity across the territory, identify commercial opportunities, and work closely with management to support local marketing and business development plans.

Shift Pattern:

  • Monday to Friday, standard business hours, with regular travel throughout the assigned territory.

Key Responsibilities

  • Sell new and used equipment together with service contracts.
  • Generate new business through telephone-based and field sales activities.
  • Carry out cold calling, canvassing, and customer visits.
  • Promote and demonstrate the company’s product range.
  • Arrange sales and introduction appointments with prospective and existing customers.
  • Develop and maintain strong customer relationships.
  • Update customer, prospect, and opportunity records in the CRM system.
  • Prepare and deliver sales proposals to customers and prospects.
  • Monitor territory activity, follow-ups, and sales opportunities.
  • Work with the manager to develop and implement marketing initiatives.
  • Maintain accurate records of sales activity and pipeline progress.
  • Travel regularly across the SL, RH, and KT postcode areas.

Requirements:

  • Previous experience in area sales, field sales, territory sales, or business development.

  • Proven experience generating new business through cold calling and face-to-face sales.

  • Experience selling equipment, machinery, vehicles, technical products, or service contracts is advantageous.

  • Confident in delivering product demonstrations and sales presentations.

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    Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills.

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    Experience using CRM systems.

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    Full UK driving licence.

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    Willingness to travel throughout the assigned territory.

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    Self-motivated, organised, and commercially focused approach.

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    Ability to manage sales activity independently and work towards agreed targets.

Suitable Experience:

This position would suit an Area Sales Manager, Territory Sales Manager, Field Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Equipment Sales Manager, Machinery Sales Executive, or Technical Sales Executive with relevant experience in equipment, engineering, vehicles, plant, machinery, or service-contract sales.

What We Offer:

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    £36,000 per annum.

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    Permanent, full-time employment.

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    Opportunity to develop and manage an established sales territory.

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    Direct contact with new and existing customers.

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    Support from management with territory development and marketing activities.

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    Opportunity to build long-term customer relationships and grow new business.

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    Company benefits, subject to the agreed employment package.

Interested?

Apply directly through the website where you found this advert or send your CV to info@bluerecruitmentpersonnel.co.uk.

Polite Notice:

Blue Recruitment Personnel Ltd. is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

Right to Work:

This role is UK-based only, and we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

We ask that candidates apply only if they are currently based in the UK and hold the permanent legal right to live and work here.

Job Adverts:

Details in this advert, including job responsibilities, are correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.

This advert may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites without prior written consent from Blue Recruitment Personnel Ltd.

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