Area Sales Manager (UK) in Nottingham

GWA Group is a leading innovator, designer, importer and supplier of sustainable water solutions for bathrooms, kitchens and laundries across residential and commercial spaces. With our iconic brands Caroma and Methven, and operations spanning Australia, New Zealand and the UK, we’re shaping a better, more sustainable future, one solution at a time.

We’re looking for an experienced Area Sales Manager UK (North West) to join our growing team. This is a field-based role where you’ll take ownership of a defined territory, managing and developing both existing and new customer accounts while driving profitable growth across two well-established brands.

As Area Sales Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing long-term partnerships with customers across your territory, ensuring exceptional service, identifying growth opportunities and achieving agreed sales objectives. You’ll take ownership of:

• Developing and growing a portfolio of key customers while identifying new business opportunities across your territory.
• Building strong, long-term customer relationships, becoming a trusted partner and advisor.
• Delivering sales growth through effective account planning, forecasting and commercial decision-making.
• Using customer and market insights to identify opportunities, manage pricing and stay ahead of competitor activity.
• Presenting compelling solutions tailored to customer needs and business objectives.
• Resolving customer challenges quickly and professionally, ensuring an outstanding customer experience.
• Working closely with colleagues across sales, marketing and the wider business to deliver successful campaigns and support continued growth.

About You: We’re looking for a confident, commercially minded sales professional who enjoys building strong customer relationships and identifying opportunities to drive growth. You’ll have a proven track record in account management, territory sales or field-based sales, with the ability to consistently deliver against targets in a competitive environment. You combine strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills with excellent commercial awareness and analytical thinking. Organised and self-motivated, you’re comfortable managing your own territory, prioritising competing demands and using sales data, forecasting and market insights to inform your decisions. Most importantly, you’ll be resilient, proactive and customer-focused, with the ability to build credibility at all levels and turn opportunities into long-term business success.

You’ll also have:

• Experience in account, territory or field sales management.
• A track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Strong planning, forecasting and pipeline management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
• A full UK driving licence.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the tap and shower market.
• Technical product knowledge within a related industry.

This is a territory-based role with regular customer visits across your assigned region, so our ideal candidate will be located in the North West area. Overnight travel and home-based working will form part of the role.