## Job Description
**Job Description**
**Area Sales Manager - Homebased Field Sales – Plymouth Cornwall**
**Up to £33,000 + great bonus, company car & home-based contract**
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Here at Brakes, we've got ambitious growth plans so if you're currently
working in Field Sales or have the talent to match your ambition to thrive in
the biggest and best Food Service sales force and are passionate to forge a
career in sales, we have a fantastic opportunity for an Area Sales Manager to
join our Independent Sales Team.
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**Key Accountabilities**
* Role model our Company Values Purpose
* Build and leverage strong customer relationships through a natural curiosity in the independent sector.
* Grow and retain customers delivering profitable volume growth Vs targets
* Effectively partner your customers to understand their plans for growth, adding value, offering a wide range of practical solutions and products
* Understand competitor activity & proposals, ensuring you are always offering your customers the best local solutions
* Work pro-actively with the Business Development Manager to understand new customer requirements and ensure a successful handover
* Act as a brand ambassador for Brakes in your local market.
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It goes without saying that you're highly service focused, putting the
customer at the heart of everything you do, providing the best solutions to
support and enhance their business.
Tenacious and resilient you're a self-
starter with the drive and determination to succeed and demonstrable
experience of delivering against targets.
You'll also be self-motivated to
enhance your own development, seeking continuous improvement by leveraging &
learning from a diverse range of skills & experience and a range of L&D;
programmes.
You will have the opportunity to progress into a vast range of
commercial roles to really develop your career.
You'll also need to be confident with the adoption of our modernisation
programme and the new technology we are adopting to improve the customer
experience and optimise performance (Experience of salesforce while not
essential, would be advantageous).
In return we offer a competitive base salary along with uncapped bonus
potential, a home- based contract, company car, additional holiday purchase
options to top up your annual leave and award- winning products at virtually
cost price.
We're not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even
better.
We're passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates
and values diversity.
We don't want you to 'fit' our culture, we want you to
define it.
Bring your whole self to work.
#BelongAtBrakes.
**Why Brakes?
** Our Purpose - Connecting the world to share food, and care for
one another.
With our commitment to ethical & responsible sourcing and sustainability
coupled with our award-winning products you will have the might of the Brakes
business behind you.