Regional Sales Manager
2 days ago
Leeds
Regional Sales Manager – North & Scotland Market-Leading Manufacturer | Bathrooms & Adjacent Categories The Opportunity A senior regional leadership role with a well-established, design-led manufacturer operating across bathroom products and adjacent categories within the UK construction, trade and social housing sectors. Following a strategic restructure, the business has combined Northern England and Scotland into one high-value region. This creates a critical leadership opportunity to take ownership of a sizeable territory with strong existing revenues and clear headroom for growth. The successful candidate will lead a well-established team, manage key customer relationships, and drive a specification-led growth agenda across social housing, local authorities, contractors, merchants and developers. The Business (Confidential) • Market-leading brand with strong heritage and high awareness in the bathroom products space, • Broad product portfolio spanning core bathroom solutions and complementary categories, • Established routes to market across merchants, retail and specification channels, • Strong reputation for product quality, reliability and service, • Backed by a financially robust, growth-oriented parent group, • Clear strategic focus on sustainability, innovation and energy efficiency The Role Reporting into senior UK leadership, this is a pure leadership role with full regional accountability. Key responsibilities: • Own regional sales performance, revenue growth and margin delivery, • Lead, coach and develop a field-based sales team (circa 6 reports), • Drive specification activity across social housing, refurbishment, adaptations and new build, • Build senior-level relationships with housing associations, local authorities, contractors and merchant groups, • Collaborate cross-functionally with national accounts, marketing and product teams, • Deliver accurate forecasting, pipeline management and market intelligence The Region • Covers Northern England and Scotland, • Represents a significant proportion of UK revenues, • Strong historic performance in Scotland, with further upside in Northern England, • Active pipeline growth driven by specification and framework opportunities, • High exposure to social housing, local authority frameworks and refurbishment programmes Candidate Profile Essential: • Proven experience in a Regional Sales Manager or senior field sales leadership role, • Strong track record managing and developing field-based teams, • Experience selling into social housing, local authorities, contractors or merchants, • Commercially astute, with the ability to manage a complex, multi-channel region, • Credibility to operate at senior stakeholder level, • Background in bathrooms, KBB, heating, building products or adjacent specification-led categories, • Experience influencing specification and driving demand upstream, • Exposure to both contract and trade channels This role requires a leader first and foremost — individuals stepping up without prior team leadership experience will not be suitable. Why Join? • Leadership role within a market-leading, high-growth business, • Large, high-value region with genuine autonomy and influence, • Strong product proposition aligned to sustainability and regulatory trends, • Backing of a well-capitalised, ambitious group, • Opportunity to shape regional strategy and team structure, • Clear progression potential as the business continues to evolve Package • Competitive Basic salary, • Bonus up to 30% (paid quarterly), • Company car (EV), • Comprehensive benefits package Summary This is a high-impact regional leadership role suited to a commercially driven sales leader who can balance team leadership, strategic account development and specification growth. It offers the chance to take ownership of a critical region within a market-leading business and play a key role in its next phase of growth. This assignment is being led by Jonny Pegler and Katy Eaton To apply please send your CV to All applications will receive a response, but only suitable candidates will be spoken to.