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Area Sales Manager - Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms

Mitchell Maguire
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 14 days
Location

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G62 6EP, Scotland

Salary

£50,000 - £60,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Area Sales Manager position focuses on selling bathroom furniture and sanitaryware to plumbers merchants and bathroom showrooms across Scotland, ideally from the central belt.
  • The role offers a salary of up to £50,000, with the potential for an additional 20% bonus and benefits including a fully expensed hybrid car.
  • Candidates should have proven field sales experience in the plumbing or bathroom retail sectors, with a strong track record of relationship building and meeting targets.
  • The position involves 80% account management and 20% new business development, with revenue responsibility of approximately £8 million.
  • Applicants should possess a stable career history, an outgoing personality, and a strong focus on customer satisfaction.

Area Sales Manager - Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom ShowroomsIndustry Sector: Builders Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom Showrooms, KBB, Bathroom Furniture and Sanitaryware

Area to be covered: Scotland - ideally based central belt Remuneration: Up to £50,000 Neg. + up to 20% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full BenefitsThe role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms will involve:

  • Field sales position, selling our clients manufactured range of bathroom furniture and sanitaryware
  • Account managing circa 120 plumbing and builders merchants and member of buying groups (split 70% nationals, 30% independents) and approx. 30 mid-high end bathroom retail showrooms
  • Calling on accounts on a 8-16 week cycle dependent on size
  • Revenue responsibility of circa £8m
  • 80% account management and 20% new business development (recruiting new accounts/ generating new relationships with bathroom retailers - growth area)
  • Stabilising the largest territory by postcodes for our client in the UK, currently performing 9% below budget expectation
  • Working in a "buddy" system with a Specification Manager, who will be responsible for house builders, architects, interior designers and plumbing contractors

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms with:

  • Proven field sales experience with plumbers merchants or independent bathroom retailers
  • Previous bathroom/ sanitaryware or kitchen product sales would be a distinct advantage
  • Proven track record of building strong relationships and achieving annual targets
  • Stable career history
  • Outgoing personality comfortable with entertaining clients and attending evening events
  • Team player
  • Strong focus on customer satisfaction
  • Tenacious, self motivated and confident

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: Builders Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom Showrooms, KBB, Bathroom Furniture and Sanitaryware

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.