Job Title: Area Sales Representative (Highways)

Location: Reading

Salary: Competitive depending on experience + Quarterly sales target bonus + Southern residential supplement (where applicable)*

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

About us:

Glasdon UK Limited is part of the Glasdon Group with companies in Europe and the United States and is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products.

About the role:

Are you looking for an exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career and have what it takes to become a successful sales professional?

We are looking for a charismatic Area Sales Representative for our Local Government Highways Division. This position requires you to sell a wide range of our highway's products, including road safety products, bollards, winter safety and water safety.

Our key customers for these products are Local Authorities, traffic management and highways maintenance organisations, and their contractors and consultants. Therefore, commitment to building long-lasting customer relationships is essential.

The position covers a large geographical territory encompassing Greater London, Southwest, Southeast and East Anglia. Ideally, we would like you to be located central to the territory outside of the M25 in either Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey or Eastern Wiltshire.

If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent opportunities, career development opportunities and benefits then look no further.

The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive support and training.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Visit customers face to face to demonstrate and present a wide range of market leading products
Plan and prioritise a geographical territory to arrange customer meetings
Identify new business opportunities and prospect non-user accounts
Follow up on sales leads and arrange customer meetings
Liaise with existing customers and develop new customer relationships
Interpret sales reports, trends and legislation to identify commercial markets and product opportunities
Participate in team sales meetings and share product / market knowledge
Work with in-house Product Design team to develop new products from concept through to production
Visit trade shows and exhibitions to introduce and showcase our product rangeIdeal Candidate Background:

Strong Commercial Awareness
Experience within field sales, account management, business development and/or customer support roles
Familiar with selling products online and/or face to face via demonstration and/or presentation
Strong understanding and articulation of features and benefits
Knowledge of efficient planning and management of a large geographical territory
A genuine interest towards developing a career in account management
A high level of self-motivation and determination to achieve goals and targets
Good level of IT Literacy
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong organisational, administrative and time management skills
Charismatic and passionate with a stable career background
Educated to A-Levels and/or University Degree or equivalent (desirable)
Full, Clean UK driving licenceSupplementary Package

Company vehicle (Electric Vehicle where possible)
Out-of-pocket expensesBenefits:

33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service)
Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year
Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks
Company related performance bonuses
Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service
Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date
Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service
Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years' service
Health cashback plan
Company sick pay scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Compassionate leave
Relocation support loan
Long service awards
Subsidised on-site café/social space
Free on-site parking
Special occasion gifts
Cycle to Work scheme
On-site Gym and changing facilities
Team building activities / days
Hybrid working
Company events
At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points
Paid charity days
Charity fundraising events
Social activities
Promotion opportunities
Skills development
Professional study support
Comprehensive training programmesTerms and Conditions:

Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm (subject to the needs of the role)
30-minute lunch break
Monthly Pay in arrears by the 28th day of each monthPlease click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Sales, Face-to-Face Product Demonstrations, Online Presentations, Customer Service, Business Studies, Sales Administration, Telesales, Negotiation, Sales Advisor, Customer Support, Call Centre, Territory Management, account Management, Business Development, Commercial Awareness, Communication Skills, Prospecting, LinkedIn Networking, Indirect Sales, Direct Sales and B2B Sales may also be considered

The Glasdon Group of Companies is an equal opportunities employer