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Area Sales Manager

Day Hours:
Mon-Fri

Furlong Flooring is one of the UK’s leading flooring suppliers, working with retailers, housebuilders, and commercial contractors to deliver quality flooring for every room. We have a reputation for great customer service and close working partnerships with our customers.

Our own delivery Fleet

Due to the strength of the group and continued growth we are now looking for an additional Area Sales Manager to join our hard flooring team, covering the following flooring LVT, Laminate & Wood Flooring in the areas Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambs, Essex & Herts.

You will be responsible for managing, nurturing and developing current customer relationships, your knowledge of product, the industry and contact-book will help you to develop and grow new business in the retail and commercial sectors.

Key attributes needed for this role are:

  • Excellent communicator who shares relevant information with other departments
  • Proactive strategic thinker capable of leading by example and riving new businesses
  • Experience launching new products into new markets, from strategy formulation through to implementation and execution
  • Preferably have a background in the Flooring industry
  • Be analytical in your approach, using data effectively to help make business critical decisions
  • Have exceptional interpersonal and presenting skills, comfortable in working with multiple stakeholders at various levels
  • Be a natural self-starter, enthusiastic, and capable of working with little input from management

Essential Criteria:

  • Previous Housebuilder specification led sales experience (preferably within the flooring sector)
  • Fluent in the tendering process, capable of compiling tenders and managing the end-to-end-process
  • Knowledge of the housing sector with a detailed understanding of challenges faced by key decision makers
  • Existing relationships with senior procurement decision makers with Regional and National Housebuilders
  • Valid UK Driving Licence

In return we will support you with:

  • Competitive Basic Salary & Bonus
  • Hybrid SUV Company Car, Laptop & Mobile Phone
  • Exciting and challenging work
  • A growing product portfolio

If you are ready for your talents to be recognised, your skills to be developed, and are motivated to succeed, we want to hear from you. In return your efforts will be rewarded with a great benefits package. If you live in the area please email your CV and covering letter to plovell@furlongflooring.com today.