Are you hungry for success? Do you thrive on winning new business, smashing targets, and building strong customer relationships? We’re looking for a high-energy, self‑motivated Area Sales Representative who lives for growth and isn’t afraid to go after it. This is a role for someone with real drive, resilience, and the confidence to make things happen in a competitive market.
Location
Field based role covering South East London, supporting our branches in: Kenley, Penge and Coulsdon.
- All applicants must have a full UK driving licence.
Job Purpose
To drive profitable sales growth by actively winning new business, developing key customer relationships and consistently exceeding performance targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Find and develop new business via cold calling, lead follow‑ups, and general customer interaction.
- Support customers with the onboarding of their new account, ensuring that they start and continue to spend.
- Work with the branch teams on agreeing and setting new terms of trade for all accounts.
- Target dormant & lapsed accounts to reactivate them.
- Develop trust relationships with a portfolio of customers to maintain and improve profitability.
- Simplify the customer experience by ensuring close management of all owned accounts.
- Acquire a thorough understanding of customer needs and requirements, expanding relationships by continuously proposing solutions that meet the customer’s needs.
- Work with all functions and branch teams to ensure that all opportunities are leveraged.
- When on site must comply with all EHS policies and procedures.
What We’re Looking For
- A self‑motivated sales person with a genuine hunger to succeed.
- Proven track record of exceeding sales targets.
- High levels of energy, enthusiasm, and resilience.
- Strong communication and influencing skills.
- A strong commercial awareness with a winning mindset.
- Organizational skills with ability to manage your own diary.
- Experience in the building‑merchant or construction industry (ideal but not essential).
What’s in it for you?
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General.
- Life Assurance – From your first day of employment you are automatically covered for a lump‑sum death in service benefit of 2 × your basic salary. If you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan and contribute a minimum of 4 % of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump‑sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 × your Pensionable Earnings.
- WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of discounts via the provider Reward Gateway.
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, mental‑health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation).
- Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover.
- Employee Discount.
- Refer a Friend scheme.
- Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks.
Why STARK
We’re proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK, dedicated to providing top‑quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We’re a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.
Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.
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