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Area Sales Manager - Plumbing & Heating
Job Title: Regional Sales Manager - Plumbing & HeatingIndustry Sector: New Build, Regional Housebuilders, Housing Developers, National and Independent Plumbing & Heating Merchants, Pipe Clips and associated Fixing & Fastening
Area to be covered: Central - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire & West Midlands
Remuneration: £33,000-£38,000 + £6,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car + Comprehensive Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager - Plumbing & Heating Merchants will involve:
- Field sales position selling a high quality manufactured range of pipe clips and associated fixing & fastenings
- 40% of your time account developing circa 200+ active independent plumbing & heating merchants
- Responsible for approx. £450,000 of turnover from the independent plumbers merchants and heating merchants
- 20% of your time account developing circa 200+ active national plumbing & heating merchants (Travis Perkins, Grafton, Wolseley, Saint Gobain etc.)
- Creating awareness amongst branch managers in respect of what products are available via their distribution centres (distribution centre agreements looked after by Commercial Director)
- 30% winning specifications within the new build housing market with regional housebuilders and housing developers
- Inheriting a region currently performing well against budget expectation
- Average order values typically £200
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Plumbing & Heating Merchants with:
- Plumbing & heating associated field sales experience
- Ideally worked for a manufacturer, but may be open to field sales experience with a distributor
- Preferably sold into the new build housing market with contacts within regional housebuilders and housing developers and their local builders
- Industry experience, sold to plumbing & heating merchants
- CRM / Microsoft office experience
- Strong account management and relationships building skills
- Proven track record in field sales and territory management
- Autonomous in approach
- Good solid work ethic and 'get up and go’
- Trustworthy and self motivated
- Enthusiastic and hungry
The Company:
- Est. circa 35 Years
- Circa £12m+ turnover
- 50+ employees
- Privately held
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: New Build, Regional Housebuilders, Housing Developers, National and Independent Plumbing & Heating Merchants, Pipe Clips and associated Fixing & Fastening
