Area Sales Manager – Manx Tomkinsonx - Greater London

Area Sales Manager – Manx Tomkinsonx - Greater London

Date Posted

10 March 2023

Employer

Manx Tomkinsonx

Dept.

Sales

Location

South

Job Type

Permanent

Closing Date

31 March 2023

Job Description

Do you want to work for our flagship brand with an enviable history of stunning products and sales success?

About the company

Manx Tomkinson is a highly regarded brand of wool and synthetic carpets with styling to transform any living space. Based at the recently redesigned Headlam Tamworth, Manx Tomkinson is one of our heritage brands and leads through product excellence and colour.

Manx Tomkinson provides quality, choice and availability to Independent Retailers, Interior Designers & Contractors across the UK. This is all underpinned by an in-house distribution fleet, a dedicated product development team, and a progressive marketing and digital strategy.

About the Role

We are looking for an Area Sales Manager to take on the already well-established postcode areas.

You will inherit a significant customer base of Independent Retailers and contractors. Whilst we have a strong and enviable brand we need to keep evolving to remain leaders in the our field.  

Your role will be to identify new and existing customers’ potential and leveraging opportunities to grow sales with existing products. You will launch our new ranges into retailers and specifiers alike by creating and delivering a market leading presentation using our detailed sales decks.

Specifically, you’ll be responsible for

• Managing your area to deliver sales revenue targets.
• Building relationships with new and existing customers; advising and influencing them to grow Manx Tomkinson sales.
• Cleverly utilising sales decks to deliver market leading presentations introducing customers to new products and ranges.
• Utilizing and upkeeping point of sale and sampling.
• Managing customer pricing quotations and terms to protect margins while driving sales forward.
• Seeking out and winning strong stock selling opportunities.
• Report back on any competitor activity that may affect Manx Tomkinson.
• Maintaining regular communication with line manager and other departments as required.
• Ensuring timely delivery of any customer complaints to customer service department.

About You

We’re looking for a sales professional who shares our passion for the floor covering sector; its products and trends. You’ll need to have the tenacity, enthusiasm and can-do attitude to take this amazing brand and build both excitement and commitment amongst existing and new customers.

Being out on the road means you’ll need to be self-reliant and self-motivated, but we’d like you to be a great team player too! We have a strong team ethos and encourage all colleagues to work together to provide the best experience for our customers.

In particular you'll bring:

• External sales experience with a history of working to targets.
• Previous experience within the UK flooring industry.
• Individual sales success – in a retail, wholesale or other customer-facing role.
• A premium brand mindset with an interest in quality products and brand loyalty.
• Strong organisation skills and experience of working with CRM or similar systems.
• A strong work ethic and a passion for exploring new opportunities to build business.
• Strong numerical reasoning.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A full, clean Driving Licence.

TO APPLY - YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UK.