Area Director

3 weeks ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Rightmove Full time

We are looking for an

Area Director – Commercial - Midlands

Location: Midlands - Remote & Field Based

Reporting to: Commercial Director – Commercial

The Role

You will be responsible for implementing and developing a strategic plan to develop accounts and achieve targets with our Commercial customers. You will achieve this by coaching, developing, motivating, and supporting your team of account managers. A key part of this role is to contribute to the strategic direction of the business, demonstrate leadership, and to act as a role model whilst supporting company values across your team.

A typical week as an Area Director might involve

Inspire your team by communicating a clear vision of what is expected, role modelling the required behaviours and creating the right environment for your team to deliver on account plans and achieve targets/objectives. Appraise the performance of individual team members to ensure they are focused on activities that support great account management and add value to rightmove and our customers Identify and maintain resource requirements for the area in relation to turnover, absence and recruitment Develop relationships with key customers and influencers in your area Conduct regular and effective coaching, 1-2-1’s and performance management Develop and motivate your team through identification of learning needs to enable them to reach their full potential Provide an on-going training programme to develop individuals and achieve key objectives Manage the day-to-day relationships with external parties in support of company objectives and policy

We're looking for someone who 

Proven track record of successfully increasing revenue and market share Proven track record in operational management Meticulous analytical and planning skills; a competent user of Excel and Powerpoint Proven track record in developing relationships and influencing up to boardroom level Be an expert in the sales process Excellent communicator with the ability to engage and influence both verbally and written Excellent influencing skills with the ability to drive results and engage with internal teams and customer to achieve objectives Have initiative and be able to think independently with the ability to lead a team and drive great ways of working Drive for results both personally and for the team to achieve all commercial goals, ability to create solutions when off target and sharing success were achieved amongst colleagues

About us 


Our mission is to make the move easier and simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.


A great success story, we’re now the biggest home-grown web brand in the UK our traffic levels surpassed only by Facebook, Google, YouTube, eBay and Amazon.


Despite this success, we remain a down-to-earth bunch. To join us in our mission, we look to recruit people who share the same values and beliefs as we’ve always had, because Rightmove is people. We call it the secret to our success and why staying 10 years or longer, reaching ‘gnome status’, is simply the Rightmove way.


We encourage and support all Rightmovers to continuously develop themselves. Together we work towards the best outcome, both in terms of our technical solutions and continued business growth. We are always on the lookout for the great new people to join our team. If you are a smart and passionate initiative-taker then get in touch. You could be part of the next chapter of the Rightmove story Will you be ‘Gnomed?’

Did you know

Rightmove was meant to be called 'Doorknob.' But it didn't quite have the same ring to it
We still have employee #1 working at Rightmove We currently have 93 gnomes on our gnome tree

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