Area Sales Manager

Dubizzle Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscaping products supplier is seeking an Area Sales Manager to enhance sales and foster relationships with key merchants across the UK. The ideal candidate will have strong commercial experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively communicate both internally and externally. This position offers a competitive salary, company car, and numerous benefits, including health care support and development opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Guaranteed Christmas holidays

Health care cash plan

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption pay

5% employer matched pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount on products

Retailer discounts

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Proven track record of growing business through relationships.
• Experience engaging with builders’ merchants and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Support Divisional Trading Manager to maximize sales and margin.
• Engage with merchant branches for regular business reviews.
• Develop and manage accounts to achieve turnover and profitability.

Skills

Strong commercial experience

Excellent interpersonal skills

Strong presentation and communication skills

Ability to grasp technical product aspects

Job description

Area Sales Manager

Patch covers postcodes - BB, OL, BL, M, SK and CW.

Competitive salary plus company car and bonus scheme.

Marshalls plc is the UK’s leading hard landscaping, building and roofing products supplier and has supplied some of the most prestigious landmarks in the UK since the 1890s. We’re the benchmark for excellence and have been recognised as a Superbrand since 2010. As well as exceptional customer service, technical innovation, and manufacturing expertise, we continue to be a leader in our field in corporate responsibility and sustainable business practice.

We have an unrivalled offering of products, a respected brand, and a successful sales team! It’s within this passionate team at Marshalls, that we’re recruiting for an Area Sales Manager to work with our key merchants delivering sales to the landscaping side of the business.

So, What’s the mission?

To support the Divisional Trading Manager (Landscaping) and wider management team to focus on the key activities, maximise sales and margin opportunities with existing accounts and to actively prospect and nurture new accounts.

Actively engage and establish regular business reviews with identified merchant branches in the area, whilst developing and maintaining close day-to-day working relationships with other business functions.

You will proactively develop, influence, and manage merchant, contractor and relevant house builder accounts to ensure area turnover, profitability, and market share ambitions are achieved across all domestic landscaping products.

What are the mission-critical skills?

• Strong commercial experience across a wide number of stakeholders including builders’ merchants, domestic patio & driveway installers, and relevant house builders
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven track record of growing business through relationships and sound commercial process
• Strong presentation and communication skills capable of delivering a message with authority and confidence to an individual or wider audience both internally and externally
• An ability to grasp the technical aspects of a product to ensure we can sell on the strength of our products and services rather than price

What’s in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to take the next step toward progressing in your career and joining our industry-leading company! New ideas are encouraged, and you will be rewarded with the opportunity to learn and grow, achieving your career aspiration! Have a look at our careers website for more information on working at Marshalls!

Benefits

• Development opportunities
• Guaranteed Christmas holidays
• 34 days per annum or the equivalent in hours (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Health care cash plan – support with Dental, Optical, Prescription costs and many more!
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption pay and leave
• 5% employer matched pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount on Marshalls and Marley products
• Retailer discounts
• Marshalls Wellbeing Centre – move, money & mind
• Share purchase scheme
• Life assurance

More about Marshalls

Although divisional, we work as one Marshalls team. We’re particularly proud to have paved every location on the Monopoly Board! To find out more about Marshalls please visit our website: www.Marshalls.co.uk.

Equal Opportunities

Whoever you are and whatever your background, you’ll find a fair and supportive workplace. You’re unique and we want you to bring every part of who you are to work, every day. We opportunities for everyone. To us, this is more than a legal, moral, or ethical necessity – it’s the right thing to do! We want our team to reflect the diverse nature of society and the communities we serve. Marshalls is a workplace where you’re valued for the contribution you make, and where you can grow and develop by being entirely yourself!

This advert will close at pm on Monday 16th February 2026.

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