Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools
Job reference Number: 851104-5237-22207
Industry Sector: Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail
Area to be covered: Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk
Remuneration: Up to £36,000 + £2,000-£8,000 Commission
Benefits: Company car and full benefits package
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools will involve:
• Field based position selling plumbing and pipe tools
• 60% into national and 40% independent plumbers merchants and buying groups
• 95% account management role
• Managing circa 420 customers
• Ledger responsibility £780,000+
• Typically 6+ customer visits per day (unless conducting a trade morning/ demonstrating the products)
• Inheriting an area currently up on last year
• National merchants include Wolseley, City Plumbing etc.
• Using social media as a sales tool for the sales region
• Ensuring all POS is up to standard
• Demonstrating products to end users
• Work to re-activate non/ low spending accounts
The ideal applicant will be a Sales Merchandiser – Plumbing and Pipe Tools with:
• Must have sold to plumbers merchants
• Open to a sales person who has worked for a plumbers merchants
• Field sales experience is preferred, but open to other face to face environments
• Keen, hungry and with an attitude of wanting to learn and progress
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to build and develop lasting relationships with customers
• Plumbing and pipe tools knowledge is not essential
• Self-motivated ‘go-getter’ with a flexible approach
• Able to manage and prioritise accounts
The Company:
• Global company
• Est. 65 years+
• Industry leader
