Regional Sales Representative

Regional Stores Representative

Location: Bournemouth to Worthing & surrounding areas
Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE + Company Car / Car Allowance

Are you a driven, confident and ambitious sales professional who wants the freedom to make a region your own?

We're looking for a Regional Stores Representative to join a successful and growing business, supporting a network of trade stores across the South Coast.

This is a field-based, relationship-led sales role for someone who enjoys being out meeting customers, identifying opportunities and developing new business. You'll have the autonomy to plan your own week, build relationships across your territory and take real ownership of growing sales.

You don't need decades of sales experience. We're particularly interested in someone with a few years of sales experience, a good understanding of the construction or trade environment, and the hunger and ambition to take the next step in their career.

What you'll be doing

• Managing and developing customer relationships across your assigned region
• Supporting five trade stores and helping them achieve their monthly sales targets
• Driving customer footfall and encouraging local customers to visit their nearest store
• Prospecting for new customers and identifying opportunities within the local market
• Visiting customer sites and businesses face-to-face to develop new relationships
• Building a strong understanding of your territory and identifying where further sales opportunities exist
• Promoting products, catalogues and offers to generate interest and engagement
• Identifying larger commercial opportunities and working with the relevant sales teams to develop them
• Working closely with Store Managers and Regional Account Managers
• Supporting customer enquiries, quotations and follow-up activity
• Attending trade events and customer engagement activities
• Occasionally supporting the trade stores when required
• Planning and managing your own diary and activity, with regular reporting on performance and progress

What we're looking for

• Full UK Driving Licence - essential
• Previous sales, business development or customer-facing commercial experience
• Ideally, experience within builders merchants, trade stores, construction, building products or another practical/commercial environment
• A genuine understanding of the construction and trade sector, with the ability to understand customer needs and products quickly
• Someone who is hungry, energetic and ambitious and wants to make a real success of their territory
• A confident communicator who can build relationships without being pushy or arrogant
• Commercially minded, with a natural ability to spot opportunities
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently
• Highly organised, with the ability to plan your own week and manage your own priorities
• Adaptable and open to learning, with a willingness to embrace new ideas and ways of working
• Honest, reliable and accountable for your own results
• Someone who wants to own their region, rather than needing to be constantly managed or directed

You'll have the freedom to plan your activity, develop relationships and identify opportunities across your region, while working closely with an experienced wider sales and store team.

We're looking for someone with drive and potential, not simply someone with the longest CV. If you're commercially aware, understand the trade environment and have the ambition to build something successful, this could be an excellent next step.

If you're someone who gets excited by winning new business, building relationships and seeing the results of your own hard work, we'd love to hear from you.

If you're a motivated sales professional who loves getting out, meeting people and turning conversations into opportunities, we'd love to hear from you!