Trade Sales Manager - South

Location: London / SE
Full Time | Permanent

Join our team and enjoy a collaborative culture that empowers you to build a career you can be proud of.

We are looking for an ambitious and results-driven Trade Sales Manager to drive sales growth across our supply-only product portfolio. Working with trade customers, distributors, specialist subcontractors, and contractors, you will identify new business opportunities, manage customer relationships, and deliver commercially successful solutions that meet customer requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive sales professional who enjoys developing new business, building lasting customer partnerships, and achieving challenging growth targets. Reporting to the Sales Director, you will be responsible for developing and managing a pipeline of opportunities while supporting customers throughout the sales process.

You would also:

• Achieve and exceed agreed order intake and revenue targets.
• Proactively identify, develop, and secure new trade customers across commercial, industrial, healthcare, education, and other key sectors.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of supply-only opportunities.
• Develop strong relationships with contractors, specialist subcontractors, distributors, and procurement teams.
• Prepare accurate and timely quotations, ensuring compliance with specifications and customer requirements.
• Work closely with commercial and technical teams to provide compliant and commercially attractive solutions.
• Proactively follow up quotations to maximise conversion rates and secure orders.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, and commercial terms within agreed guidelines.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer requirements to help shape business strategy.
• Maintain a strong understanding of our product portfolio, including steel doors, timber doors, glazed screens, fire curtains, blast doors, cleanroom doors, and related solutions.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has proven experience in sales, business development, or account management.
• Has a track record of achieving or exceeding sales and revenue targets.
• Demonstrates excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Is commercially aware with the ability to identify and convert opportunities.
• Has experience managing a sales pipeline and using CRM systems effectively.
• Can understand technical product information, specifications, and drawings.
• Is highly organised, self-motivated, and customer focused.
• Works collaboratively across functions to deliver excellent customer outcomes.

• Experience with in construction products, building materials, architectural ironmongery, doorsets, access solutions, or a related sector.
• Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Established relationships within the trade, contractor, or distribution market.

We're passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits, so you can continue and progress a lifelong career with us.

• Competitive salary and bonus opportunity.
• Career development and learning opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative working culture.
• Pension and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work for a global market leader in access solutions.

At ASSA ABLOY, we value different perspectives and experiences and strive to create a safe and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of background and are committed to building a diverse workforce.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.