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Area Sales Managers
Salary: Very attractive salary, bonus, company car and benefits
 
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Brand Manager
 
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Sales representative, South East
 
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Nursery Production Growing Manager
Salary: £35,000
 
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Garden Centre General Manager
Salary: Excellent
 
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Interior Landscaping Horticultural Service Technician
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000
 
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Nursery Grower Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
 
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Area Sales Managers
Salary: Very attractive salary, bonus, company car and benefits



The Company:

Apta is the leading supplier of quality flower pots and accessories to the UK garden trade, under its own brand and iconic UK brands, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Laura Ashley.

The company has achieved very considerable growth and now wishes to strengthen its sales team with the recruitment of two motivated and ambitious sales professionals.


Job titles: Area Sales Manager

Territory 1: Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire.

Territory 2:  Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northants.   

Salary: Very attractive salary, bonus, company car and benefits.

Progression: There will be opportunities to progress to senior sales positions.


The Role of Sales Representative:

Our new Sales Representatives will have responsibility for:

  • Ensuring that every sales appointment has an objective
  • Driving sales growth and tracking performance
  • Building upon strong partnerships with existing customers
  • Developing new customers and securing sales orders
  • Working with head office and a team of merchandisers to ensure that customer experience is always exceptional
  • Planning and working to an effective journey plan, maximising customer contact


The person for this Sales Representative opportunity:

We are looking for high calibre, ambitious and self motivated Sales Professionals with excellent communication skills. Specific qualities will include:

  • Proven experience of working as a successful Sales Representative or Area Manager
  • Experience closing sales with a decision maker
  • Proven business development skills
  • Skilled at fact finding, questioning and verbal clarity
  • Strong negotiation and objection handling skills
  • Empathy and the ability to build strong working relationships
For more information and to apply please contact Paul Sykes, Managing Director, paul.sykes@apta.co.uk  or telephone 01233 621090 for a confidential discussion.
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