Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Drainage
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Drainage
Job reference Number: 352724-4370-2276
Industry Sector: Gravity Fed Drainage Systems, Plumbing and Drainage, Builders Merchants, Civil Merchants, Drainage Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Building Contractors, House Builders and Developers
Area to be covered: West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire & Northamptonshire (must be based West Midlands)
Remuneration: £35,000-£40,000 Neg. + Lunch Allowance + £15,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully Expensed Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Drainage will involve:
• Field sales role, selling company’s manufactured range of gravity fed above and below ground drainage systems, including; underground drainage, rainwater guttering, soil and waste drainage systems and rainwater harvesting
• 50% of your time building relationships with building contractors and various small to medium sized builders and developers (looking to grow house builder customer base)
• 50% Back selling through independent builders merchants & civil merchants and independent plumbers merchants (approx. 75-100 accounts in total)
• Inheriting a territory which achieved £2.5m in 2021, up on budget expectation
• Inheriting an extremely mature territory, which in recent years has become one of the largest turnover areas in the country
• 40% new business development, 60% account management role
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Drainage with:
• Must have 2-3 years proven field sales territory management experience
• Must have sold to builders merchants, plumbers merchants or civil merchants
• Also be open to a field sales representative that has worked for a builders merchants, plumbers merchants or civil merchants
• Specific knowledge of gravity fed above and below ground drainage applications such as underground drainage, rainwater guttering, soil and waste drainage systems and rainwater harvesting is not required
• Plumbing, drainage or heating field sales experience is not essential, our client is open to many different heavy-side building product backgrounds
• Ideally with experience of building relationships with building contractors, house builders or developers
• CRM proficient, high level of ability in terms of numeracy, IT capability, communication & organisational skills
• Go getter with raw enthusiasm
The Company:
• 500+ employees
• British company
• 100m+ turnover
• Large independent manufacturer
