National Sales Manager

Drive Growth. Lead Success. Build Lasting Customer Partnerships.
Take the lead in driving sales growth and expanding market share for Burson Auto Parts. In this dynamic role, you'll develop and execute strategic sales initiatives, build strong relationships with key customers, and inspire a high-performing team to deliver outstanding results. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll identify new business opportunities, optimise sales strategies, and help strengthen Burson's position as a leader in the automotive parts and accessories industry.
What You'll Be Doing
Build strong customer relationships to identify market trends, service opportunities, and competitor activity.
Drive sales performance through effective Salesforce initiatives and strategic account management.
Monitor competitor activity and maintain a strong understanding of the automotive aftermarket and broader Bapcor network.
Partner with the General Manager to deliver strategic business plans that drive regional growth and performance.
Monitor, forecast, and report on key business metrics to achieve sales and operational targets.
Work closely with branch teams to deliver results, exceed goals, and support long-term business success.
Design, present and implement a robust business plans for each region in each budget period.
Coach and review teams around delivering localised business plans and initiatives.
Inspire high performance through authentic, transparent, and people-focused leadership.
Proactively forecast workforce needs and recruit top talent to support regional growth.
Champion a proactive safety culture by ensuring compliance with HSE policies, training, safe work practices, and incident reporting requirements.
Maintain safe, organised, and compliant branch operations, including hazard management, emergency preparedness, and workplace safety standards.
Bring a commercially astute, business-savvy approach demonstrating market-awareness and customer/people-centric leadership.
Lead at a senior level in Sales Management multi-branded/Multi site business environments.
Experienced in developing, implementing, and executing strategic, tactical, sales plans.
Understanding of operational workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing including Mental Health awareness.
Familiar with supply chain, inventory management best practice, and associated metrics for Sales forecasting.
Developed understanding of process improvement and benchmarking
Proven builder of high-performance cultures in multi-site business
Sales, margin understanding the needs of different market segments and stakeholders, whilst retaining an overall focus on service excellence and profit maximisation.
Active knowledge and interest in e-Commerce platforms including Business Intelligence and CRM programmes

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No