Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Heating

Overview

London, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex

We’re recruiting for an Area Sales Manager to join a well-established manufacturer with strong UK presence and European backing. The role covers a live, well-performing territory and offers the chance to build strong relationships with both independent and national Plumbing & Heating merchants.

You’ll be selling a respected product portfolio through buying groups (PHG, NBG, IPG) and nationals (Wolseley, UKPS, City Plumbing), managing in-branch relationships, supporting promotions, delivering training, and helping merchants drive sell-through.

This is a great opportunity for someone currently in a branch-based or internal merchant role looking to take their first step into field sales.

Company

Our client is a long-standing manufacturer within the heating products space, with multiple brands under its umbrella and a reputation for consistent service and product quality. They offer strong infrastructure, career development, and a stable, well-managed sales team.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience within a Plumbing & Heating merchant or bathroom showroom
• Strong relationship-building skills and commercial awareness
• Ambition to step into a field-based sales role
• Full UK driving licence

Recent hires into the team have come from assistant branch manager and internal sales roles – this is a genuine career opportunity to develop into external sales with the right support and structure in place.