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  • Salary: £40,000 + 1% uncapped commission
  • Job Reference: 244690-2895-23275
  • Date Posted: 16th Nov 2023

Paul Nicholas

Managing Consultant

01625 527 207

paul@mitchellmaguire.co.uk

Business Development Manager – Educational Furniture

Job Title: Business Development Manager – Educational Furniture

Industry Sector: Furniture Solutions, Lab Furniture, FF&E, Schools, Education, Fit-Out, Educations Interiors, Interior Fit-Out, Fit-Out Companies, Furniture, Design & Build Services, Architects, Specifiers, Contractors, Local Authorities, Schools, Education

Area to be covered: will determined on your location

Territories that would be considered (Midlands, Yorkshire, South East & East Anglia)

Remuneration: £40,000 + 1% uncapped commission

Benefits: Full benefits package and car allowance

The role of the Business Development Manager – Educational Furniture will involve:

  • Field sales position selling the design and delivery of educational furniture solutions for school/ education laboratories
  • Selling / generating specifications into a varied customer base: a) direct to schools via estate managers, business managers and multi academy trust’s own surveyors b) through specification via architect sand c) via the main contactors/ builders
  • 80% New business development role, 20% inherited project pipeline
  • Leads provided (Barber ABI)
  • Project cycles from 12-18 months typical for 1-3 school lab refurbishments
  • Problem solving, resolving conflicts and providing solutions to customers’ needs
  • Targeted to achieve circa £850k – £1m of new business
  • Typical projects would include schools, healthcare and associated industries

The ideal applicant will be a Business Development Manager – Educational Furniture Solutions with:

  • Ideally come from an educational furniture field sales background
  • Ideally from a specification sales background within the school refurbishment market place
  • Open to most educational interior backgrounds
  • Specific laboratory furniture product knowledge is not essential
  • Understanding of FF&E packages for the education sector
  • Understanding of design and fit-out
  • CAD experience would be advantageous however not essential
  • Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects / problem solving attitude
  • Good time management skills, focused and customer service orientated

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Field Construction Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Furniture Solutions, Office Fit-Out, Interior Fit-Out, Fit-Out Companies, Furniture, Office Furniture, Interior Products, Office Furniture, Interior Designers, Design & Build Services, Architects, Specifiers, Contractors, Local Authorities, Schools, Education

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