Area Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants - #2173442
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Area Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants
Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants
Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, accessories, valves, waste pipes, guttering, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution
Area to be covered: Area Sales Manager – North West
Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + £5,000-£7,000 Bonus (guarantee first 3 months)
Benefits: Hybrid Car + full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants will involve:
- Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, values and accessories
- Promoting an extensive portfolio of 3,000+ products
- Selling into circa 350+ trading merchant accounts (approx. 180 in total), predominantly independent plumbing and builders merchants, but also buying group members and national merchants
- Working in a buddy system with a dedicated internal sales professional
- Responsible for £1.2m+ turnover
- 70% account management, 30% account development position
- Inheriting an area currently performing slightly below budget, due to lack of field sales coverage
- 6 calls per day, typically selling into buyers within a trade counter
- Utilising an in-house CRM system which is fully accessible for your mobile devices
- Working as one of two field sales professionals covering London & South East
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants with:
- Proven field sales experience within the plumbing industry
- Must have sold plumbing products into plumbers merchants or building merchants
- May consider field sales experience having working for a plumbers merchants
- Familiarity with plumbing fitting, valves and accessories
- Proven account management/ account development skills
- Excellent territory planning skills
- Contacts within distributors is not essential
- Incredibly pro-active, driven and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business
- Commercial acumen, resilient
The Company:
- Est. 35 years+
- Circa £27m turnover
- 60 + employees
- Privately held
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Plumbing fittings, plumbing accessories, valves, waste pipes, guttering, plumbers merchants, builders merchants and distribution
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