Area Sales Manager

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12/11/2026

South East

Ashley Kenward

Area Sales Manager

Location: Southeast

Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Company Car 

INTRODUCTION

 Are you a proven sales professional within the UK bathroom sector with strong experience in specification-led sales and social housing frameworks? This is an outstanding opportunity to join a market-leading business as Area Sales Manager for the Southeast, taking full ownership of new business development and account growth across a diverse customer base.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The business is a market leader in wastewater management solutions and high-quality bathroom product manufacturing.The company specialises in innovative, high-quality showering solutions including shower trays, enclosures, wall panels, cubicles, and walk-in baths designed to combine style, functionality, and ease of installation.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the National Sales Manager, you will drive sales and expand the company's presence across key sectors within your designated Southeast territory. This 90% field-based role requires a commercially agile individual capable of balancing proactive new business development with the day-to-day management and growth of established accounts. A core focus will be specification-led selling within the UK bathroom sector, working closely with specifiers, architects, designers, social housing and housing associations, developers, housebuilders, bathroom showrooms, and merchants.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and grow a defined customer base, maintaining strong commercial relationships across the territory.

• Deliver new business growth while maximising performance from existing accounts across social housing and project-led opportunities.

• Achieve agreed KPIs and sales targets for volume, value, and specification activity.

• Implement an effective call and project plan, balancing daily customer visits with longer-cycle specification engagement.

• Influence specifications at pre-tender and design stages by engaging with housing associations, local authorities, consultants, and contractors.

• Present and promote the product range using a consultative, value-based approach aligned to customer and project requirements.

• Provide product training and ongoing support to installers, merchants, showroom teams, and relevant stakeholders.

• Maintain high-quality showroom displays, ensuring ranges are current and teams are confident in selling the brand.

• Maintain accurate customer records, updating the company CRM system daily and submitting monthly sales reports to the National Sales Manager.

• Monitor market activity, identifying emerging trends and feeding back market intelligence to support wider commercial strategy.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience selling bathroom products within the UK market.

• Experience in social housing, local authority, housing association, or public sector frameworks is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrable success operating in a specification-led sales environment, engaging with consultants, architects, designers, asset managers, and employer's agents.

• Strong understanding of social housing procurement processes, including frameworks, tenders, schedules of rates, compliance requirements, and approved supplier lists.

• Ability to balance new business development with the effective management and growth of existing accounts across refurbishment and new-build programmes.

• Well-developed value-based selling capability, presenting whole-life cost, compliance, sustainability, and performance benefits.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across procurement teams, contractors, installers, and merchants.

• Highly organised with strong territory and pipeline management skills, capable of managing long sales cycles and multiple projects simultaneously.

• Self-motivated and results-driven mindset, comfortable working autonomously in a field sales environment (90% field / 10% internal).

• Competent user of Microsoft Office and CRM systems for reporting and project tracking.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary

• Sales incentive scheme

• Hybrid or electric company car

• Lunch allowance and daily field allowance

• Life assurance

• Health insurance

• Generous pension scheme

WHY APPLY?

This role offers complete territory ownership within a leading UK bathroom manufacturer backed by a globally recognised parent group. You will play a pivotal role in driving specification growth, working with high-quality showering solutions, and benefiting from an attractive rewards package.

How to Apply

To apply, please send your CV and a brief covering note to ashley@simonacres.co.uk or contact Ashley Kenward on 07884021682.

Simon Acres Group LTD are acting as the employment agency for this position.

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