Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers
Job reference Number: 408217-2597-25209
Industry Sector: Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom specialists, Independent Retailers, Bathroom Showrooms, Merchants and DIY Stores
Area to be covered: North East & Yorkshire + CA & LA postcodes
Remuneration: £38,000-£45,000 + 20% Bonus
Benefits: £500 per month car allowance or hybrid car & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers will involve:
- Field sales position, promoting taps, showers and accessories for bathrooms and also kitchens
- 90% of your time selling into independent bathroom specialists, independent retailers & bathroom showrooms
- Small amount of time trying to win specifications with predominantly small housebuilders, but also have some influence with local authorities, housing associations, architects and interior designers
- Inheriting an area, currently performing well against budget expectation
- Responsible for circa 400-500 retail showroom customers (80% of the revenue come from the top 120 customers)
- 30% new business development, 70% account management
- Initially responsible for approx. £1.8m
- Implementing a 12 week journey plan which will see you visit customers in proportion to their value to the business
- Typically 4 days on the road visiting customers, 1 day a week working from home/ admin
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers with:
- Proven field sales track record
- Must have sold into plumbers merchants (may consider currently working for a plumbers merchant looking for first field sales role)
- Proven account management skills; excellent relationship builder etc.
- Ambitious, dynamic and hard working personality
- Knowledge of showers, bathrooms, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware preferred
- Ability to build structured journey plan
- Autonomous, driven self starter, no leaflet droppers
The Company:
- 100 years+
- 60+ UK employees
- Circa £20m+ turnover
- Part of a larger group
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: Plumbers Merchants, Brassware, Tapware, Sanitaryware, Heating, Radiators, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Boilers, Renewables, Plumbing, Showers and the Tile industry