Job Description:

Area Sales Manager - North East & Yorkshire Lighting Controls & Electrical Solutions

Location: North East & Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £45,000 + Bonus (with flexibility for the right candidate)

Benefits: £650 per month car allowance, 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles (25p per mile thereafter), 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays, pension scheme.

Are you an experienced sales professional with a background in lighting controls or electrical solutions? Do you enjoy developing long-term customer relationships while identifying new business opportunities? If so, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Area Sales Manager to take ownership of the company's highest-performing territory across the North East and Yorkshire.

This is a well-established and successful region with a strong customer base, excellent market presence, and a comprehensive, up-to-date customer database. The current incumbent is leaving on excellent terms after a successful tenure, creating a fantastic opportunity for someone to step into a thriving area and continue its success.

The role offers an excellent balance of high-value key account management and new business development, allowing you to nurture existing relationships while driving further growth across the territory.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a portfolio of established key accounts across the North East and Yorkshire.
• Identify and secure new business opportunities to maximise territory growth.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with consultants, contractors, distributors, and end users.
• Promote a range of lighting control and electrical solutions, providing technical and commercial support where required.
• Develop strategic account plans to increase revenue and market share.
• Maintain accurate pipeline and customer information through CRM systems.
• Represent the business professionally at customer meetings, industry events, and project discussions.

What We're Looking For

• Experience within lighting controls, lighting, or electrical solutions is strongly preferred.
• Additional electrical qualifications would be advantageous.
• Proven track record in field sales, account management, or business development.
• Experience working with consultants and specification-led sales environments.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, commercially driven, and capable of managing a regional territory effectively.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel throughout the region.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £45,000 with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Attractive bonus scheme.
• £650 per month car allowance.
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25p per mile thereafter.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Established, high-performing territory with significant growth potential.
• Strong existing customer base and quality CRM database.
• Excellent opportunity to join a successful and growing business.

If you're looking for a role that combines strategic account management, business development, and the opportunity to inherit one of the company's strongest territories, we'd love to hear from you.