Area Sales Executive

Area Sales Executive - Depot Sales

Base salary £35-40k + monthly bonus (OTE 35% of salary) + car or £6,000 car allowance

Do you want to take your career to new heights? If you’re a driven sales professional who enjoys opening doors, thrives on winning new business and building strong customer relationships, this is an opportunity to join the UKs market leader in powered access and make a real impact.

As an Area Sales Executive, you’ll play a key role in driving growth for your local depot by identifying, developing and winning new business across both construction and non-construction sectors. This is a proactive, field-based sales role focused on generating new opportunities, converting prospects into trading accounts and re-engaging lapsed customers.

You’ll be adept at building strong internal relationships as well as external. Working closely with your depot colleagues and the hire desk to fulfil customer needs and develop long term relationship. As part of a bigger team you will have the support of industry leading operational resources, with regular investment in high quality machines and people. Opportunities to progress your career into Business Development, Projects, Key Accounts and beyond to sales management exist with many of our senior management team started out as individual contributors with us.

What you’ll bring: -

• You’ll be a proactive and commercially driven sales professional who enjoys finding opportunities, opening new conversations and turning prospects into customers.
• Experience in the hire sector or construction is ideal but not essential. More important is a sense of drive, learning agility and self motivation to succeed.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently, managing your time and priorities effectively.
• Strong resilience and adaptability, with the confidence to engage with stakeholders at all levels—from Site Operators to Managing Directors.
• Ability to build strong internal relationships with operational teams in order to support customer needs.

What you’ll receive:-

• Competitive base salary between £35,000-40,000 DOE
• Monthly bonus scheme of 35% OTE (up to a max of 100%)
• Company car or car allowance of £6000 plus fuel card
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Health cash plan, life insurance, pension and wellbeing support

Part of the Loxam Group, Nationwide Platforms are the UK's leading specialist provider of Powered Access rental equipment, with the largest and broadest fleet, local depots spread across the country and our wealth of experience partnering with companies in a variety of sectors including Construction, Warehouse & Distribution, Aviation, Facilities Management, Industrial Services, Telecoms and Media, our customers can depend on us to provide the right solution to support their every working at height need.

At Nationwide Platforms, your safety is absolutely our priority. Our award winning BlueSky Solutions and Training division offer our customers access to the latest and safest ways to work and through long standing partnerships with our manufacturers, we will always provide equipment that will lead the way to a safer industry. Some of our innovations include the award-winning secondary guarding systems and Harness ON™, a range of pioneering Material Handling Attachments (MHAs), and the SkySentry™ control and monitoring system.

With an established workforce which supports an inclusive and diverse organisation, we are deeply committed to equal opportunities for our existing and prospective employees and recognise that our people are our greatest asset.