Area Sales Manager

• Take ownership of growing and strengthening the Brett brand across the Midlands region, increasing awareness and demand for the company’s manufactured product range.
• Develop and manage strong relationships with both independent and national builders’ merchants, ensuring consistent engagement, product visibility, and commercial growth across depot networks.
• Raise the profile of Brett products within the installer community, particularly in the driveways and patios sector, driving specification and demand that translates into increased merchant sales.
• Deliver results against defined regional sales targets, contributing directly to the wider success and performance of the business.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively engage with customers, installers, and internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity, collaboration, and a high standard of professional representation.

• Proven experience within the construction materials, landscaping, or building products sector, with a strong understanding of brick and hard landscaping product markets.
• Established network of contacts across builders’ merchants and installer communities, with the ability to leverage relationships to drive business growth.
• Demonstrated success in a field-based sales role, with a track record of achieving or exceeding targets within a defined territory.
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, and results-driven, with a strong determination to succeed in a competitive sales environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present confidently to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, with good numerical accuracy and the ability to analyse sales performance and opportunities.
• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively while maintaining long-term, professional customer relationships.
• Well-organised with strong time management skills, capable of managing a varied workload across a regional territory.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively within the Midlands region.
• Must reside within the designated territory to ensure effective regional coverage and customer engagement.

Brett is the UK’s largest independently owned building materials Group with over 60 sites across the South, South East, East and Midlands and employing over 750 people.

Part of the Brett Group, Brett Landscaping and Building Products produces and supplies a variety of hard landscaping and building products including block and decorative paving, decorative aggregates, and specialist kerbs. Primarily distributed through builders’ merchants and garden centres, all our products are backed by technical and product expertise.

With a reputation for excellence, we offer superb development opportunities to people keen to be a part of our continued growth. As an independent business we can offer real job satisfaction in an environment which encourages you to contribute, supports you in getting the job done and enables you to become part of a team that delivers building materials for big ideas.