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Territory Representative
Join the UK’s No. 1 Trade Kitchen Supplier
Territory Sales Representative – Dynamics Joinery
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 build your network, win new business, and turn conversations into long-term trade partnerships.
Working closely with your depot colleagues, you will take ownership of growing and nurturing the trade customer base across your territory. You’ll build trust and convert opportunities into sales. This role offers real autonomy, giving you the freedom to manage your workload and focus on sustainable growth through strong relationships and teamwork.
What We Can Offer You
- Competitive salary, generous bonuses, and outstanding depot incentives
- Company Car
- Competitive pension fund with up to 12% company contribution
- Up to 32 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Increasing holiday entitlement with service time
- 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
Skills & Requirements
This role is ideal for someone with:
- A proven track record of winning new business or experience in a high-performing, target-driven sales role
- Confidence in engaging trade customers from the first conversation
- Self-motivation, resilience, and a drive to succeed
- The ability to build product and service knowledge in joinery and hardware
- Strong organisational skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Full UK driving licence (funding is available for those upgrading from provisional licence)
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Key Responsibilities
As a Territory Sales Representative, your key responsibilities will include:
- Winning new business by proactively approaching prospective customers and converting opportunities into new accounts
- Growing your territory’s account base, while supporting depot performance and increasing customer spend
- Effectively introducing new customers to the Howdens model, clearly explaining its benefits and operational advantages
- Collaborating with depot teams to build stronger account relationships and drive more regular transactions
- Building long-term, trusted partnerships with both new and existing customers
- Professionally managing customer enquiries, from initial contact to resolution
- Actively contributing to team meetings with insights, performance updates, and innovation ideas
- Ensuring your data is accurate, capturing and updating your sales pipeline with visibility across all activities
- Adhering to Health & Safety standards and promoting a safe working environment
Why Work With Us?
We take pride in getting things right the first time every time for you and our customers. Here’s what living this culture looks like for you:
✔ Everyone pulls their weight and supports one another as a cohesive team ✔ Our depots operate efficiently – we work fast, but get things right ✔ Every team member plays a role in our success, and team bonuses amplify our shared success ✔ We build trust every day, honouring promises with reliability
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About Howdens Joinery
Celebrated as one of the UK’s First Choice Trade Partners, Howdens Joinery is an FTSE 100 business with 900+ depots nationwide and 11,000+ employees. Last year, we achieved sales of £2.3 billion+, and we continue to grow and succeed.
Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business inspired by traditional values and fosters an entrepreneurial ethos. Our dynamic and commercial working environment offers:
- Career development opportunities
- Competitive rewards and growth incentives
- Authentic leadership with commitment to the team
Howdens’s mission to be Worthwhile for ALL ensures a working environment where everyone feels welcome. We provide fully inclusive recruitment adjustments if required.
If you have the possible to help during your application journey with tailored support for your individual needs for this application, you can reach out by emailing: recruitment@howdens.com.
⚠️ Note: Right to work in the UK is required for this role. We do not sponsor employment visas for depot positions.
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