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Area Sales Manager Timber and Joinery
Job Title: Area Sales Manager Timber and Joinery
Industry Sector: Timber, Joinery, Stairs, Doors, Floors, UK Residential House Building and Construction; Regional House Builders
Area to be covered: South West and South Wales
Remuneration: £45,000 neg. + £5,000-£10,000 Bonus
Benefits: Car allowance or hybrid car and corporate benefits package
The role of the House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery will involve:
- Field sales role selling a manufactured range of timber for staircases, floors and doors
- Selling into regional housebuilders, circa 20-40 initial relationships to inherit with regional housebuilders
- Dealing with MDs down to site contractors
- You will inherit an area going through diversification and expansion but with a modest initial turnover of £500,000
- Tasked with growing the area to £1m (huge scope to become a £3m-£4m turnover area in a few years
- 50% new business development, 50% utilizing relationships with regional builders via parent national builders merchant
- 70% on the road visiting construction sites to discuss projects/ engaging with sub contractors etc., 30% working from home/ admin/ engaging national builders merchants sales team
- Working within a field sales team of two in the south covering the regional house builders, main/ historical field sales team for our client focuses on the national house builders
- Working on projects up to 350 plots
- You will be required to increase the customer base and hit turnover and margin targets in line with company strategy
The ideal applicant will be a House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery with:
Must have sold to regional housebuilders
Ideally sold timber or joinery associated products, however our client is open to most building products
Fire in the belly
Dynamic personality
Ideally some structured sales training
Proven track record of field sales success within the construction industry
Business and computer acumen
Presentation skills
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: House Builders, Housebuilders, Internal Doors & Door-Sets, Door-Kits, Timber Stairs, External Doors & Sets, Patio Doors, Windows and Door Frames, Panel, Timber Staircases, and other Timber / Joinery / Joist and carpentry associated products
