Metcash

Trade Account Manager

Metcash  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  7 days ago
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Job Description

About the Role

Ready to take ownership of your own patch and really make it your own?

We’re on the lookout for a high-energy Trade Account Manager who thrives on building relationships, spotting opportunities, and turning leads into long-term partnerships.

This isn’t a “manage an existing book” type of role - it’s about creating something from the ground up You’ll be out in the market, connecting with builders and tradies, uncovering new business, and cementing Hudson’s Mitre 10 as a go-to trade partner.

With continued investment in our trade offering, there’s never been a better time to join the business and make your mark. Based out of St Mary’s, your focus will be growing our footprint across the Western Suburbs area, driving new business and strengthening our presence in market.

What You’ll Be Doing

This is a hands-on, field-based role where no two days look the same. You’ll be:

  • Building strong, credible relationships with builders, contractors and trade professionals
  • Identifying gaps in the market and actively pursuing new business opportunities
  • Growing your territory from the ground up - converting prospects into loyal customers
  • Promoting our range of timber and hardware solutions, tailored to customer needs
  • Managing the full sales cycle from initial conversation through to close
  • Collaborating closely with internal teams to deliver a seamless customer experience
  • Keeping a pulse on competitor activity, pricing and market trends
  • Preparing quotes, proposals and presentations that win business
  • Tracking performance, forecasting, and sharing insights with leadership

What You’ll Bring

You’re someone who’s naturally curious, commercially minded, and loves being out on the road building connections.

You’ll also bring:

  • Experience in trade sales (timber, hardware, building materials or similar highly regarded)
  • A genuine ability to win new business and grow a customer base from scratch
  • Strong relationship-building skills - you’re someone people trust and want to work with
  • Confidence in influencing, negotiating and closing deals
  • A proactive, self-driven approach with a strong results focus
  • The ability to quickly build product knowledge and credibility in the market
  • Comfort using CRM systems to manage pipeline and track activity
  • A current driver’s licence and willingness to travel across your territory

Why Join Hudson's Mitre 10

We’re proud to offer a workplace that supports your well-being, growth, and belonging:

🏖️ Extra Leave: Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave, 2 well-being days, plus 1 volunteer day annually

📚 Career Growth: Endless learning and development opportunities

👶 Parental Leave: 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid leave for primary carers

🌈 Inclusive Culture: Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion

⚖️ Neutral Pay Gap: Gender pay gap under 5% (WGEA 2024–2025)

🧠 Mental Health: Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia

🏡 Flexibility: Flex Ready and Family Friendly Workplace accredited

For over 50 years Mitre 10 has been the local and independent hardware store to thousands of Australians. Our focus is on people, performance and providing great customer outcomes by working together and building partnerships.

We’re the leading partner to over 635 independently owned stores – giving them a competitive advantage to take the big chains to task, and with the trusted, strong heritage, hardware brands of Mitre 10 and Home Hardware, we enable retailers to the best stores in their town and as such ensuring builders, renovators and DIY’ers build, renovate and maintain the best homes for Australian families.

Hudson Mitre 10 is part of the Total Tools Hardware Group and is a wholly owned entity of Metcash Limited.

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Metcash

About Metcash

At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia & New Zealand. From the humble origins of our first family-owned corner store in 1927, we’ve been backing independents and strengthening the communities they operate in for almost 100 years. With a national network of more than 10,000 independent retailers and a further 90,000 wholesalers, we’re the driving force behind local, family-owned businesses – sticking up for the little guys and helping them become the best stores in town. And while we may be large in size, we’ll always be locals at heart.

Today we’re Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent retail partner and wholesaler in food, liquor and hardware. We have over 80 years of experience supporting and championing the interests of independent grocery, liquor and hardware sectors. Headquartered in Sydney, our world class distribution facilities across the country allow us to operate on a huge scale to unite Australia's independent grocers, delivering products to more than 10,000 retail premises and a further 90,000 wholesale customers across the food, grocery, liquor and hardware markets. Our network of Successful Independents includes a large portfolio of brands such as IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Timber & Hardware, Cellarbrations and the Bottle-O.

At Metcash we have a single purpose - Successful Independents - it is at the heart of everything we do. Success starts with our people. Employing over 6,000 people, Metcash champions the interests of the independent retail industry. We are a team of people who are resilient and empowered, who take initiative and pride in their work and above all operate with integrity. Our core operations are key to providing our customers and retailers with merchandising, operations and marketing support through our strong retail brands.

Whilst we operate on a huge scale, we think big but we act local. We believe that independence is worth fighting for and this is at the core of our business divisions.

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Macquarie Park, AU
Year Founded
1927
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