Area Sales Manager – South West

  • Full Time
  • Swindon

Basic £50,000 + 20% Bonus, EV Company Car, 5% Pension and Medical cover.

Location: Swindon (home-based) – must be based in the region with flexibility for overnight stays

Develop your career in construction sales with a world leader.

A leading international organisation within the construction and building technology sector is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager to take full commercial responsibility for its South West Region.

The Role

Reporting to the UK Sales Manager, you will take ownership of a region covering the South West of England.

You will be based within the area to manage and maintain key customer relationships, but also comfortable covering a large regional patch. Due to its size, occasional overnight stays will be required.

You will develop strong, commercially focused relationships with installers, distributors, and key stakeholders across the construction sector, creating and executing a regional sales plan aligned to customer needs and company growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Sales and relationship management with B2B customers
Maintain and grow existing accounts through proactive engagement and opportunity development
Identify and win new business through structured prospecting
Prepare proposals and provide comprehensive product and service information
Support customers with technical advice and on-site problem-solving
Provide market insight (market share, pricing trends, competitor activity)
Contribute to regional forecasting and annual budget planning

About You

Ideally degree educated with evidence of formal sales training
Minimum 5 years’ proven sales success ideally within the UK construction sector
Experience selling to installers and distributors
Direct involvement in commercial specification work is highly desirable
Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
Technically minded with the ability to assess feasibility and advise customers
Self-motivated, structured, and comfortable working autonomously

What’s on Offer

£50,000 basic salary
20% performance bonus
EV Company Car
5% Pension Contribution
Private Medical Cover
Structured development within a global organisation
Genuine career progression opportunities

Why Join?

We are building a high-performance, high-trust team. We believe in ownership, clarity, and honest conversations delivered with positive intent. We challenge each other respectfully, give specific feedback focused on behaviours (not personalities), and hold ourselves accountable to high standards. As an organisation we develop and invest in our talent. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a growing global business with continual investment and product innovation. We move fast, back each other, and expect everyone to contribute to improving how we work. If you want to be part of a team where your voice matters, where performance and culture go hand-in-hand, and where you are trusted to take responsibility, if so, we would love to hear from you.

 

For a confidential initial discussion:

Call Rob Gill, retained consultant at Red International Resourcing

07971 223435

To apply, email your CV to: rob.gill@redinternationalresourcing.com

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