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September 23, 2025 | Comments Off on Area Sales Manager – Scotland
Role: Area Sales Manager
Salary: £ 38,000k - £43,000k + Quarterly Commission + Company Car
Location: Hamilton Based - Travelling daily, covering Scotland Wide.
***You must have the availability to travel daily and stay over if required - Full UK driving licence***
We're looking for an ambitious, field sales driven, ambitious, Area Sales Manager to join our successful GB Sales team at Portakabin in Scotland. You will be based from the Hamilton office, you can work from home some days (once fully trained) however the travel will be daily across Scotland Wide.
As an Area Sales Manager you will maximise the area sales turnover of SMB and small modular projects for both new and refurbished buildings, working with existing and new customers through a combination of reactive and pro-active approaches.
You will develop and promote the company's sales business, to include our full range of products and services. The role is target driven and the key focus is on order winning activity.
To be successful in this role you will be an exceptionally ambitious, field sales expert with a passion and drive to develop the opportunities and sales within the Scotland region. You will thrive off being on the road, going to meet customers and will have had an extensive and exciting career journey with field sales.
Role Responsibilities
* Achieve set targets for sales within area.
* Work within a set of agree KPI's for example visit and order numbers.
* Plan sales coverage of the area to ensure that all customers are contacted at the required frequency.
* Identify and develop new business opportunities and sectors.
* Assume account management responsibilities with nominated clients to ensure key relationships are developed and maintained.
* Work closely with the Marketing Team to actively exploit the sector and client research information provided.
* Ensure information is kept up to date on CRM system.
* Responds quickly to the needs of an audience and to their reactions and feedback
Essential Criteria for the Area Sales Manager - Please only apply if you have the required experience.
We are looking for someone who has:
* Substantial face to face technical sales experience (business to business).
* Used to working in a face paced and demanding environment.
* Experience in developing and maintaining successful client relationships.
* You will have a forward-thinking approach and a clear vision to succeed.
* The strong ability to sell based on relationships and the quality of the product.
* Successful delivery against sales targets and KPIs.
* Be a strong communicator, organised, work with accuracy, attention to detail, have a strong teamwork ethic.
* The availability to travel daily and stay over - Full UK driving licence.
* Strong experience of carrying out business development activities
* Coping with Pressure & Setbacks
* Working experience using MS Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams & Zoom
Benefits & Opportunities
* 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
* Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
* Competitive Quarterly Commission
* Company Car
* Single Private Medical Insurance
* Working flexibly principles (once settled into the role)
* Contributory pension
* Fully funded professional qualifications and membership
As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.
You will have the opportunity to meet with the other GB Sales Team monthly in the York Headquarters.
For a full list of the benefits package please click here
Why Portakabin?
Portakabin employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries with our head office and primary manufacturing facility located in York UK.
As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on