Territory Representative

Join the UK’s No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier

Join Howdens as a Territory Sales Representative and play a key role in growing your local customer account base. This is a field-based role where you will be building your network, winning new business, and turning conversations into long-term trade partnerships.

• Competitive salary, brilliant bonuses, and outstanding depot incentives.
• Company Car
• Competitive pension scheme with up to 12% company contribution.
• Up to 32 days annual leave, including bank holidays.
• Holiday entitlement rises with service.
• Generous staff discount on Howdens products.
• 40 hour working week (Monday to Friday).
• No evening, Sunday or Bank Holiday working.
• Buy‑as‑you‑earn share scheme.
• Virtual GP access and wellbeing support for you and your family.

• A track record of winning new business or working in a target-driven sales role.
• Confident engaging trade customers from first conversation.
• Self-motivated, resilient with a drive to succeed.
• Ability to build product and service knowledge in joinery and hardware.
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Full UK driving licence required.

• Winning new business by proactively approaching prospective customers and converting opportunities into new accounts.
• Building and growing the account base across your territory, supporting each depot’s performance.
• Introducing new customers to the Howdens model, clearly articulating how it works and why it delivers.
• Collaborating with depot teams to build account spend and drive more frequent trading.
• Building strong, lasting relationships with both new and existing account holders.
• Taking ownership of customer enquiries, managing them professionally from first contact through to resolution.
• Playing an active role in team meetings, contributing insight, performance updates, and ideas.
• Keeping data accurate and up to date, ensuring visibility across your activity and pipeline.
• Working safely and in line with Health & Safety standards.

• We take pride in getting things right first time for our customers.
• Everyone pulls their weight and supports each other as one team.
• It’s a busy depot, so we keep things simple, work fast and get the job done.
• We all play a part in the depot’s success and share in the team bonus.
• We build trust by doing what we say we will, every day.

Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK; we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time.