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Area Sales Manager Construction Plant & Tool Hire
Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool HireIndustry Sector: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste ContractorsArea to be covered: North East to East Midlands - based near West Yorkshire
Remuneration: £42,000 Neg. + 10% Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car or Car Allowance & Full BenefitsThe role of the Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool Hire will involve:
- Field sales role, selling a distributed range of construction plant & tool hire, predominantly small plant such as mixers, saws, trench rammers etc. (huge portfolio) also selling excavators, dumpers, dozers and telehandlers etc.
- 80% construction plant sales, 20% groundcare equipment
- Selling into plant hire companies who supply to building contractors, main contractors, housebuilder developers, archaeologists and waste/ recycling contractors as well as smaller independent plant companies and groundcare contractors
- Often used as an infill distributor when usual suppliers come up short
- Reasonable for an area only available due to a retirement
- £6-8m ledger, currently preforming just below budget (mainly due to the market)
- Responsible for approx. 150 plant hire customers on patch, each with an average turnover of £10,000, but can be £50,000+
- Technical role, need to understand mechanics, tools etc.
- Multiple customer sites visits daily
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool Hire with:
- 2-3 years proven track record of construction field sales success
- Construction hire industry experience preferred
- Open to plant hire, tool hire, groundcare hire such as landscaping products
- Will also consider builders merchant experience, either having worked for or sold into merchants and distributors as well as other plant hire compnaies
- Preferable some formal sales training
- Mechanically minded
- Looking for a career move and longevity
- Specific knowledge of mixers, saws, trench rammers etc is not essential
- Contacts within plant hire companies may be useful
- Physically fit
The Company:
- Established 50 years+
- 50 employees
- Privately held
- Leading UK equipment distributor
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: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste Contractors
