Area Sales Manager

Job description

• £negotiable plus quarterly bonus, hybrid company car, fuel card, pension, mobile, laptop and European head office travel.
• Ideally based in Yorkshire, you will use your planning skills to efficiently cover a sales area between Nottingham and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Visiting an established base of garden centre customers your responsibilities will include:

• Review sell-through of existing lines and suggest range extensions
• Introductions of new products and categories
• In-store merchandising and training as required
• Build close relationships with owners, buyers and store sales teams
• Conduct annual range reviews and recommend improvements
• Support company events and UK trade shows and European sales meetings

About the Company:

With a reputation for sourcing and supplying innovative, beautiful and functional products for the home and garden, this family owned European business has thousands of discerning retail customers. The UK sales team is a committed and passionate group of people who put customer relationships first.

Key Skills/Experience Required:

We are looking for an experienced Sales Representative who is calling on garden centres and has a proven ability to build relationships with store owners and managers.

The additional qualities we seek are:

• Excellent territory planning and time management skills
• Capacity to manage a large product range, retaining focus on best-sellers
• A natural people person who builds relationships easily
• Persuasive and able to inspire customers to try something new
• Great team player

Salary/Benefits Information:

The job holder will receive a negotiable basic salary plus a quarterly bonus. They also offer a hybrid company car, fuel card, mobile, laptop, and pension plan.

Contact: Nick Hester

Job Reference: NH/97800

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

South Yorkshire

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-03-2026

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English