Area Sales Manager – LVT & Carpet
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – LVT & Carpet
Job reference Number: 649659-6608-20274
Industry Sector: Flooring, Independent Retailers, Retail Showrooms, Flooring Retailers & Distributors, Carpet, LVT, Vinyl Flooring, Tufted Carpet
Areas to be covered: North London
Remuneration: £40,000 + £10,000-£17,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed car & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – LVT & Carpet will involve:
• Field sales position selling a mid to high end manufactured range of carpet and newly launched high quality range of LVT
• Selling into independent flooring retailers and distributors
• Responsible for circa 120 retail customers on patch
• £1m revenue responsibility
• Tasked with growing an area currently performing at 70% of budget expectation
• 90% account management, 10% new business development position
• Account sizes will vary from £5,000 per annum up to £70,000 per annum
• Supporting retail showrooms with merchandising
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – LVT & Carpet with:
• Must have proven field sales experience with LVT luxury vinyl tile or carpet
• Must have sold into flooring retail showrooms
• Must be comfortable selling POS (point of sale) displays
• Comfortable with occasional overnight stays when required
• Self motivated/ enthusiastic
• Commercially aware
• Ideally worked for a flooring manufacturer
The Company:
• Part of a larger group
• 30+ UK employees
• £20m+ UK turnover