UK Regional Sales Manager
Position Title: UK Regional Sales Manager
Department: International Sales
Reports To: Director of International Sales
Date: 6/22/2026
Exemption Status: Salaried Exempt
Location: Hybrid; UK (home/field-based with travel to customer head offices)
POSITION SUMMARY:
MARSHALLTOWN U.S.A. LTD is seeking an experienced Regional Sales Manager to own and grow MARSHALLTOWN’s relationships with the UK’s major national retail and trade-multiple accounts across the trade-counter, DIY/home-improvement, and specialist retail channels. This position is responsible for head-office buyer relationships, range and listing development, joint business planning, promotional strategy, and sell-through performance management across both in-store and online channels. The role works directly with merchant and category teams to grow distribution, sell-through, and profitability, and provides input to annual and long-range sales and marketing plans. The Regional Sales Manager should have a “customer first” mentality while delivering on company sales objectives, profitability goals, and striving to optimize efficiencies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Own head-office relationships and the full selling cycle for the UK’s national retail and trade-multiple accounts across the trade-counter, DIY/home-improvement, and specialist retail channels.
- Develop and deliver Joint Business Plans (JBPs) and annual range and promotional plans for each account.
- Lead range reviews and new product listings, building compelling, data-supported line proposals.
- Build and manage promotional calendars and trade investment to grow sell-through profitably.
- Analyze POS and sell-through data to identify ranging, replenishment, and growth opportunities.
- Lead negotiations for trading terms, rebates, SBA’s, price increases, and manage supplier fines and compliance.
- Partner with the Ecommerce, Amazon, and MARSHALLTOWN.com teams to align online content, ranging, and pricing for accounts that trade across channels.
- Collaborate with MARSHALLTOWN U.K. operations and the U.S. internal team to determine accurate forecasting, inventory availability, and on-time, in-full delivery.
- Ensure retailer portal and EDI compliance and resolve commercial and supply chain issues quickly.
- Monitor and communicate market trends, own-label developments, and competitor activity to support MARSHALLTOWN’s strategy in the U.K.
- Provide regular reviews of sales metrics and overall activities to senior leadership and customers.
- Other duties and project work as assigned.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
- Keeps immediate supervisor informed of important matters which must be handled at that level, with emphasis on critical incidents related to employee safety and security.
- Contributes to a cooperative working effort by demonstrating a willingness to perform other job-related work, as needed or requested.
- Decision-making and authority is exercised with good judgment, recognizing when others must be involved.
- Shows initiative in gaining and maintaining the skills, abilities, and knowledge required to perform this position in at least a fully qualified and satisfactory manner.