Garden & DIY Sector
GARDEN & DIY RECRUITMENT

Specialist Sales Recruitment for the Garden & DIY Sector

The Garden & DIY market brings together a broad range of manufacturers, brands, distributors and suppliers selling products into some of the UK's most important retail and trade channels.
 
Harris Carlton specialises in recruiting sales professionals for businesses operating across this diverse sector.
 
From field salespeople managing independent customers through to senior commercial professionals developing relationships with major national accounts, we recruit across all levels of the sales function.

Markets We Cover

  • Garden tools
  • Power tools
  • BBQs & outdoor cooking
  • Garden furniture
  • Pots & planters
  • Fencing
  • Timber products
  • Sleepers
  • Compost & growing media
  • Fertilisers
  • Garden chemicals
  • Watering & irrigation
  • Gardening accessories
  • Outdoor living
  • Garden gifts
  • DIY products
  • Hardware
  • Home improvement products

Our customer channels include;

  • Garden centres
  • Garden centre groups
  • DIY retailers
  • Builders' merchants
  • Agricultural merchants
  • Country stores
  • Independent retailers
  • Hardware stores
  • Wholesalers & distributors
  • Online retailers
  • National retail accounts
How we work

Roles We Recruit

We recruit across all levels of commercial sales, including: 

Territory & Area Sales Managers

Regional Sales Managers

Business Development Managers

National Account Managers

Key Account Managers

Sales Managers

Heads of Sales

Sales Directors

Commercial Directors

More Than Recruitment

Our involvement in the sector goes beyond filling vacancies.

Garden & DIY is a particularly channel driven market.
 
A salesperson’s understanding of the customer base, buying cycles, seasonality and route to market can be just as important as direct experience of an identical product.
Our search therefore focuses on transferable market relationships as well as direct category experience.
 
Alongside recruitment, Harris Carlton provides salary benchmarking, employee retention research and market insight to help employers make better-informed decisions when recruiting and retaining commercial talent.
Client & Candidate Testimonials

Our Clients & Candidates Speak

I can’t recommend Richard at Harris Carlton enough. Having over 20 years of sales experience, I was looking to move into a new industry, but kept coming up against the same issue with recruiters and employers focusing on my lack of industry specific experience rather than the skills I could bring.

Richard was different. He recognised the experience I had, looked beyond what was on paper and helped me secure an opportunity that others weren’t willing to consider.

Really appreciate his support throughout the process and would happily recommend him to anyone looking for their next move.

Paul Morrissey
Key Account Manager, Quantil Ltd

After being made redundant, Richard contacted me and, within just 15 days, I had started a new field sales role with an amazing company in the Garden & DIY sector. He understood my experience and what I wanted from my next move, kept me informed throughout and offered excellent advice. Professional, knowledgeable and approachable

I cannot recommend Richard highly enough.

PE
Southwest UK

We’ve worked successfully with Nick & Richard of Harris Carlton over a number of years. Harris Carlton understands our business and the Garden & DIY sector well, and has consistently introduced us to good quality, relevant candidates.

I’d be very happy to recommend Harris Carlton.

Nigel Wright
Joint Managing Director, Stax Trade Centres (Garden & DIY)
Testimonials