Permanent
Area Sales Manager
Bathroom Showrooms
Hertfordshire
Up to £50k Basic salary, Monthly commission, giving an OTE of £62k, Hybrid SUV or £550 per mth car allowance

Area Sales Manager

Ref: 672| Posted: 2nd Feb 2026

Are you a confident, hardworking, coachable relationship builder, looking to grow your career with an ambitious bathroom products manufacturer? Selling to bathroom showrooms, plumbers merchants and distributors across London north of the Thames, Bucks, Herts, Beds, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Offering up to £50k basic, monthly commission, with circa £12k on top, Hybrid SUV Company Car or £550 per month allowance, 24 days holiday, 3% pension contribution and other benefits. If this excites, APPLY TODAY!

-THE ROLE; 

  • Due to growth, our client is splitting their star salesperson's territory, to create this new, dedicated Area Sales Manager role, where you'll be selling a broad range of medium to high end bathroom and sanitary-ware products, such as baths, showers, brassware, heating, accessories, towel rails, mirrors, cabinets etc.
  • You'll be covering London north of the Thames inside the M25, plus Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
  •  As Area Sales Manager, you'll be looking after and developing relationships with approximately 150 spending accounts, as well as targeting new showroom accounts and lapsed accounts across your territory, so lots to be working on.
  •  Our client is innovative, so you'll be introducing new product lines to your customers very regularly. 
  •  As ASM, your role will include gaining space within the retail showroom/merchant/bathroom retailer, developing and retaining customer loyalty and showcasing the products and demonstrating the many benefits of working with our client.
  •  You will also be tasked in identifying potential customers. 
  • The KPI's for the Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, will include achieving monthly sales targets, displays gained, new accounts opened and product training completed. 
  • This is a home/field based role, making typically 4 or 5 quality face to face meetings per day.

- THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE; 

  • The successful Area sales manager will have a track record of sales success, ideally in the construction industry. 
  • Experience of working for or selling to bathroom showrooms, distributors, merchants or retailers would be advantageous but not essential.
  • You will be organised, professional, with a can do attitude.
  • You will be coachable, with a willingness to learn.
  • No flashy salespeople, a humble approach, keen to build strong and long term relationships. Understand value selling.

-THE COMPANY; 

  • Well established, family run business, selling innovative medium to top end products to the bathroom and sanitaryware sector. 

- THE REMUNERATION; 

  • £45k- £50k Basic salary, dependent on experience.
  • Monthly commission, giving on target earnings of an additional circa £12k but uncapped.
  • VW Tiguan hybrid company car, or £550 per month car allowance.
  • 24 days holidays including your Birthday off, plus 8 bank holidays.
  • 3% employer pension contribution, 5% from the employee.
  • Mobile, laptop, all out of pocket expenses.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious manufacturer, so if you have the winning attitude that my client is looking for and a track record of distribution led sales success, then please contact us on 01737 452030 or email your CV to info@chandlerharrisrecruitment.co.uk