Area Sales Manager

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Portwest

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1904

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

🛒 Retail

Manufacturing • B2B • Retail

Portwest is a global supplier of protective workwear and personal protective equipment (PPE). The company offers a wide range of products — including high-visibility clothing, flame-resistant garments, workwear, waterproofs, footwear, gloves, head protection, eye protection, respiratory protection, fall‑protection equipment and various accessories — across more than 2,400 models in 32 product lines. Portwest operates an online catalogue and multi-language website, provides retail and wholesale (including delivery direct from warehouses to customers or third parties), and maintains a network of 14 global warehouses to support fast distribution.

📋 Description

• Drive and increase sales growth of footwear across the Netherlands. • Work closely with the Regional Sales Manager to develop a strategy and market plan to maximise opportunities and drive growth of our footwear range. • Identify opportunities to grow the range at both distributor and end-user levels. • Provide technical advice and expertise to Portwest distributors, prospects and end users and develop long-term relationships with these groups. • Join Portwest distributors on sales calls to end users to support them with your technical knowledge and expertise. • Deliver technical training to distributors and end users both in person and online. • Identify areas for improvement for our footwear range and work with the Product Development team to develop product solutions. • Act as a point of contact for footwear related queries from our Area Sales Managers, distributors and end users.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in technical sales in an industry such as PPE, protective footwear or with a strong focus on footwear. • Ability to advise and train distributors, end users and our Area Sales Managers. • Experience developing growth strategies for products in a territory or region. • Desire to learn more about gloves so you can become an expert over time. • A full drivers' license is essential.

🏖️ Benefits

• Great Place To Work 2024 • Private Irish Business of the year – Export Industry Awards 2025 • Silver Ecovadis Sustainability Rating 2025