Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough (Andover)

Location: Market House, Hopkinson Way, Portway Business Park, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3ZE

Salary:
£Competitive salary. A very attractive commission structure with excellent earning potential.

Job Type:
Permanent

Schedule:
40 hours a week, Monday - Friday.

The Role:
Are you a successful, ambitious sales professional with a passion for foodservice and a proven ability to win new business?

Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, enjoy the freedom to manage your own territory and have the drive to deliver outstanding results?

If so, R D Johns Foodservice wants to hear from you!

As part of our continued growth and expansion, we're looking for an experienced, commercially driven Area Sales Manager to join our successful sales team, covering Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough and Buckinghamshire.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys developing relationships, identifying opportunities and converting them into profitable, long-term business.

As an Area Sales Manager, you'll be responsible for driving sales growth, developing new business and maximising opportunities within your territory.

You'll have the freedom and responsibility to manage your own diary, develop your sales pipeline and build lasting commercial relationships.

Our key sectors include:

- Healthcare

- Education

- Hospitality

- Pub Groups

- Care Sector

You'll be expected to identify opportunities, engage with key decision-makers and demonstrate how R D Johns can add genuine value to their businesses.

This is a role for someone who wants to make things happen, not wait for opportunities to come to them.

The Ideal Candidate:
We're looking for someone who brings energy, enthusiasm and a genuine hunger to succeed.

Ideally, you'll have:

- Proven experience in foodservice sales, ideally within a field-based Area Sales Manager or Business Development role.

- An established network of contacts and relationships within one or more of our key sectors.

- A demonstrable track record of winning new business and delivering profitable sales growth.

- Strong commercial awareness, negotiation skills and the confidence to engage with decision-makers.

- The ability to work autonomously, manage your own territory and take full ownership of your results.

- A proactive, resilient and self-motivated approach to sales.

- The ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced and target-driven environment.

- Excellent relationship-building, communication and organisational skills.

- A full UK driving licence.

Above all, we're looking for someone with the right attitude, commercial drive and determination to succeed.

Qualifications Needed:

Benefits:
We believe that success should be recognised and rewarded.

You'll benefit from:

- Competitive basic salary.

- A very attractive commission structure with excellent earning potential.

- Company car scheme.

- The opportunity to join an ambitious, successful and growing independent business.

- Autonomy and ownership of your sales territory, with the freedom to develop new opportunities.

- A diverse, high quality product portfolio that gives you a competitive edge.

- Strong support from experienced colleagues, specialist departments and our wider business.

- A dynamic and rewarding working environment where your contribution makes a real difference.

- The opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth and success of R D Johns Foodservice.

Experience:
We're looking for someone who is hungry for success, passionate about winning business and motivated by the opportunity to build something of their own within a supportive, established company. If you're ready to take ownership of your territory, maximise your earning potential and make a real impact, we want to talk to you.

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