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As our Area Sales Manager, you will work with the sales teams across multiple sites to ensure the agreed sales targets and objectives are met through the effective management of people and activities in line with the Customer Journey. You will motivate and support their teams to perform to the best of their ability and achieve the required performance mentioned within the KPI’s below.\nWe value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.\nLet’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you…\nCompetitive basic salary and annual bonus\nCompany car, car allowance or travel allowance\nUp to 39 days annual leave plus bank holidays\n2 Volunteering days per annum\nPrivate medical insurance, with employee paid cover\nEnhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave\nCompetitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice\nLife assurance at 4 x your annual salary\nShare save and share incentive schemes\nChristmas company shutdown\nEmployee rewards portal with many more benefits…\nIn return, what we would like from you…\nBehave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality\nPrevious experience in sales management for a volume house builder.\nExperience of managing a team.\nProven ability to meet and exceed sales target\nExperience of working with multiple stakeholders across different disciplines\nExcellent IT skills and proficiency with MS Office\nA good understanding of the sales and legal process.\nStrong attention to detail.\nExcellent organisational skills\nAble to produce accurate work, in a high pace environment.\nBusiness and commercial awareness. \nFull UK Driving License with a willingness to travel to all marketing suites, including regional office, within the division\nAble to communicate effectively at all levels within the business.\nAble to work both as part of a team and independently when required.\nConfident when dealing with challenging customers.\nAbility to maintain an effective line of communication between Sales Management and Sales Consultants\nWilling to work weekends as and when required by the business\nDesirable…\nlevel 3/ 4 Customer Service or Sales qualification.\n5 GCSEs / GCE including Mathematics and English (at C grade or above).\nMore about the Area Sales Manager role…\nTrain, motivate and lead the on-site sales teams on sites within your responsibility to achieve agreed KPI’s, including but not limited to, sales rates & 5* Customer Service.\nEnsure sales are negotiated to required sales rates, achieving maximum revenue with minimal incentives.\nClose supervision of the progress of existing sales and part exchanges to ensure the achievement of target exchanges and legal completions with specific attention to monthly forecast, ensuring all are working to a common goal and stakeholders are aware of potential risks. \nMaintain strong knowledge of the local market, for both new build and secondhand competitors, with awareness of the market conditions. Make recommendations for improvements to marketing activity in order to drive enquiries\nResponsibility for the successful operation of marketing suites, including H&S, site presentation & staffing. \nProvide market research information in order to agree sales volume and prices.\nWork with other departments to plan plot releases to ensure the optimum mix, and availability of units. Ensure any customer and / or plot issues are dealt with in a timely manner.\nAttend internal and external meetings as required and ensure completion of relevant reports.\nMaintain and develop existing and new customers through appropriate propositions and ethical sales methods, and relevant internal liaison, to optimise quality of service, business growth, and customer satisfaction.\nEnsure compliance with H&S and any other mandatory training requirements across the team\nEnsure Vistry SOPs and H&S policies and procedures, are observed by the team at all times. \nImplement Vistry’s continuous drive to deliver excellent customer service by advocating the customer journey and consistently exceeding customer expectations. \nFollow the principles of Vistry values of ICQ at all times\nAssist with internal or external audits as required in line with Vistry Values of ICQ. \nFinally, let’s tell you a bit more about us…\nWe build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach.\nJoin us in making Vistry.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5459,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule","Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T01:33:40Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/vistrycareers-area-sales-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/vistrycareers-area-sales-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T15:19:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21911,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4423459},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4423459"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvistrycareers-area-sales-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvistrycareers-area-sales-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvistrycareers-area-sales-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/vistrycareers-area-sales-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvistrycareers-area-sales-manager"}]}