Area Sales Representative in Tonbridge

Covering Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Cranbrook, and Crawley.

Who we are: Travis Perkins is part of Travis Perkins plc and the UK’s largest supplier of building materials to the building and construction industry. Featuring a network of over 500 branches, supplying thousands of products and materials, including a tool hire service, to trade professionals and self-builders across the nation. With a wide range of quality timber, building materials, kitchens, plumbing and heating, landscaping, painting and decorating essentials and tools for the job – we do what matters for the trade.

What’s in it for You? We offer the chance to work alongside knowledgeable colleagues, advance your career, and make a significant impact on the industry. By helping our customers tackle challenges and reduce their environmental impact, you’ll be part of something meaningful. Plus, we offer great training, opportunities for career growth, and a supportive, team-focused environment where success is celebrated.

• Attractive annual salary
• Performance-based bonus that rewards your hard work
• Save-as-you-earn & Buy-as-you-earn schemes for smart financial growth
• Generous contributory pension scheme to secure your future
• Exclusive colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses, including 20% off at Toolstation
• Wellbeing support to keep you feeling your best
• MyPerks discounts at top retailers, restaurants, and more!

Working hours: Monday to Friday.

What will you be doing? Reactivating dormant and low spending accounts, and finding new business in an allocated area and for coordinating all aspects of pricing and account development. You will regularly be out on the road meeting customers face to face building long lasting relationships and developing new sales opportunities. You will be self-driven to maximise and achieve sales and profit targets from your allocated existing customers that are currently dormant and for new business that you seek out. You will also be a key part of a wider network team, growing the sales success of the branches on your patch using your expertise to support them in winning in their local area. Working with the Head of Sales, you’ll identify your development needs and build a plan to make sure you're on top of your game and achieving the best you can.

Who you are: Bring your passion for sales, customer service, initiative, energy and enthusiasm - we’ll give you the knowledge you need of our industry and products through a brilliant induction with your regional team and the opportunity to gain a foundation degree-level External Sales qualification whilst you work. Previous experience within merchanting would be advantageous, but if you’re new to our industry we’ll ensure you get what you need to excel in the role. Customers are at the heart of this role so ideally you’ll be used to building strong relationships with multiple customers and internal stakeholders, perhaps in a previous field-based role. You’ll be visiting customers, project sites and branches every day - there’s nothing more important than your safety whilst being out on the road so there’s one thing that you definitely need and that’s a full UK driving licence with over a year’s driving experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a diverse team. No matter your background, we believe in giving everyone the opportunity to succeed.