Department: Sales & Business Development

Location: Remote

Description

Covering the North West (Ideally located Manchester, Liverpool, Preston areas), reporting in to the Regional Sales Manager.

At Zenith we specialise in providing hygiene supplies, and services to businesses in the North West, and have an exciting opportunity for a Area Sales Manager within our Janitorial Supplies Division.

If you have previous experience selling hygiene category in to the B2B sector and are passionate about selling then this could the next role for you.

Key Responsibilities

As a Area Sales Manager (Janitorial) your responsibilities are:

• Working strategically, to help prospect, win and manage high profile business accounts with the in your territory.
• Identifying vertical market opportunities for the Hygiene proposition.
• Meet with customers to seek out full product requirements and suggest pricing strategies with customers as required.
• Stay fully up to date with the marketplace and competitor products.
• Providing exceptional customer service to all customers on a daily basis
• The ideal Area Sales Manager will:
• Experience and excellent knowledge of the Hygiene sector/marketplace, within a business to business environment is essential.
• Can demonstrate excellent technical knowledge of products and commercial exposure within the sector.
• The ability to build relationships and negotiate with internal and external contacts including; Facilities Managers, Purchase Managers. Suppliers etc.
• Organising and managing time effectively, the role will involve working across multiple projects.
• Advisory in approach towards the customer, considering all possible issues and creating the right solution.
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills – ability to deal and network at all levels up to board.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience of working in a sales role or role which utilises janitorial products.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Resilient personality with ability to engage customers.
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills
• Organising and managing time effectively
• Ability to build relationships and negotiate
  
  

Job Benefits

• Company Car, Mobile & Laptop
• Annual leave: 23 days + Statutory leave for full time employees. Part time, and certain roles might be required to work bank holidays.
• Pension & Life Assurance Scheme.
• Excellent Commission Scheme
• Private medical insurance, including 24hr online GP and Wellbeing app (after one year of service)
• Opportunity to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme, access retail vouchers and eye care vouchers.
• 2 fully paid community volunteering days each year.
• Internal career progression support
• Long Service Awards – to celebrate your career milestones.
• Opportunity for career break – after 3 yrs of service

*Note: Offer of employment will remain provisional until we have received the following which are satisfactory to us: confirmation of your right to work in the UK; Drivers Licence and Disclosure and Barring check (where applicable).

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. That includes our staff, customers, suppliers, and our local community. We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment.

Zenith prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.