Sales Development Manager

Job Overview

We’re looking for a driven, proactive salesperson to grow trade sales across Ashford and the surrounding area.

This is a hands-on sales role for someone who enjoys winning new business, building strong customer relationships and growing existing accounts.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Winning new trade customers across Ashford and the surrounding area
• Growing sales and spend from existing accounts
• Re-engaging dormant and lapsed customers
• Regularly visiting and contacting plumbers, heating engineers and contractors
• Following up quotes, enquiries and sales opportunities
• Building and managing your own sales pipeline
• Working with the branch team and suppliers to identify new opportunities
• Delivering agreed sales and margin targets

You’ll be commercially driven, confident with customers and motivated by results.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Experience in plumbing, heating, builders’ merchants or construction supplies
• A proven background in sales, account management or business development
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• Confidence approaching and winning new customers
• A good understanding of sales, margin and account growth
• The ability to manage your own workload and sales activity
• Knowledge of Ashford and the surrounding area would be an advantage

You may currently be an External Salesperson, Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Senior Trade Counter Salesperson or an experienced merchant salesperson ready for your next step.

What’s on Offer

• £35,000 basic salary, OTE £45,000–£50,000
• Sales growth bonus
• Company holiday entitlement including bank holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Freedom to build and manage your own customer base
• Genuine opportunity to make the role your own and grow with the branch
• Start date January 2027, although we may be able to offer flexibility for the right candidate.

If you’re a strong salesperson who enjoys getting out, meeting customers and winning business, we’d like to hear from you.

Pay: £35,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person