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Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products

Mitchell Maguire
Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF2 8TY

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products position requires a proven field sales track record in selling timber or related building materials to builders merchants and buying groups.
  • Candidates must have experience dealing with order values up to £250k and possess strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
  • The role involves managing an established region with over 200 active accounts and includes four and a half days of field sales work per week.
  • The basic salary for this position is dependent on experience and is negotiable, alongside a fully expensed hybrid car and a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Applicants should ideally have a minimum of three years of sales experience in the timber or construction products industry.

Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products

Industry Sector: Sawn timber, carcassing timber, construction timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumbar, machined whitewoods, saw milling, decking and fencing timber

Area to be covered: North and Midlands

Basic Salary: DOE Neg.

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car + full benefits package

The role of the Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products will involve:

  • Field sales position, selling a manufactured range of sawn timber including; carcassing timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumbar, machined whitewoods, saw milling, block wood, kiln dried decking and fencing timber
  • Selling into builders merchants, timber merchants and buying groups
  • Building relationships and managing existing portfolio of clients
  • Dealing with order values from £12k - £250k
  • Taking over an established region with over 200 active accounts
  • Four and a half days on the road visiting customers, half a day working from home/ admin
  • Working to a 6-12 week journey plan depending on the value of accounts
  • Responsible for 100m cubic meters of materials

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Timber and Construction Products experience with:

  • Must have proven field sales track record, selling timber (or related) building materials to builders merchants, timber merchants or buying groups
  • Must have sold to national, regional and independent merchants, more importantly dealing with the buying groups and buying group members
  • Dealing with order values up to £250k
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Autonomous
  • Great relationship builder/ account development skills

The Company:

  • Est. 20 years+
  • Circa £10m turnover
  • 50+ 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 the building industry in sectors such as: Sawn timber, carcassing timber, construction timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumbar, machined whitewoods, saw milling, decking and fencing timber

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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.