Area Sales Manager – Window and Door Hardware
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Window and Door Hardware
Job reference Number: 820793-3627-26286
Industry Sector: Window & Door Hardware, Fenestration, Hardware, Components, Ventilation Products, Fabricators, Resellers, Trade & Retail, Construction, Ironmongery, Mechanical Locks, Door Handles, Cylinders and Door Locks, Friction Stays and Hinges, window handles, tilt & turn, reversible gearing etc.
Areas to be covered: East Midlands & East Anglia
Remuneration: £50,000 Neg. DOE
Benefits: £6,000 car allowance and benefits package
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Door Locks and Window Hardware will involve:
- Field sales position selling predominantly a distributed range of window and door hardware components (small element of window & door ventilation products)
- Selling into window & door fabricators (small element of selling to resellers)
- 90%+ account management role
- Responsible for circa 200+ accounts (although 80% of the revenue comes from the top 20-30 customers)
- Inheriting a turnover of circa £2.8m
- Area exceeded budget last year
- Typically 4 customer visits per day, four days per week (one day home working/ admin)
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Door Locks and Window Hardware with:
- All door and window associated industry experience will be considered
- Experience of having sold into window and door fabrications is advantageous but not essential
- Technical knowledge may be advantageous, but is not essential as full product training will be provided
- Proven account management/ relationship building skills
- Grafter mentality, not afraid to put in the hours to be successful
- Knowledge of window and door hardware/ components may be beneficial
- Consultative in approach
- Network on contacts within door and window fabricators is not essential
- Comfortable with monthly reporting and diary planning
- Self motivated, communicative, relationship builder with strong negotiation skills
The Company:
- Market leading distributor
- Fast growing UK business
- Well established
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: Window & Door Hardware, Fenestration, Hardware, Components, Ventilation Products, Fabricators, Resellers, Trade & Retail, Construction, Ironmongery, Mechanical Locks, Door Handles, Cylinders and Door Locks, Friction Stays and Hinges, window handles, tilt & turn and reversible gearing