Area Sales Manager - Plumbing & Heating Merchants

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Plumbing & Heating Merchants

Industry Sector: Water Treatment, Water Softeners, Heating System Chemical Treatment, Scale prevention, Independent and National Plumbing & Heating Merchants, Plumbing Contractors and Installers

Area to be covered: North

Remuneration: £33,000 + £5,000-£10,000 Uncapped Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing and Heating Merchants will involve:

* Field sales position, selling water treatment, water softeners, heating system chemical treatments and scale prevention

* Promoting water treatment solutions to independent and national plumbing & heating merchants and builders merchants

* 80% account managing circa 200 National plumbing and builders merchants (Travis Perkins, Wolseley, Graham Plumbers Merchants, Plumbase, City Plumbing) and circa 300 (of which only 50 are active) independent plumbing & heating merchants

* 20% of your time stimulating demand for our clients products with plumbing contractors, site visits etc

* Targeted on growing the independent plumbing and builders merchants revenue from £50,000 to £150,000 in the first year, and total revenue from circa £150,00-£200,000 to £250,000-£300,000

* Approx. up to eight customer account visits per day, six weekly call cycle

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing and Heating Merchants with:

* Proven field sales track record within the plumbing & heating sector

* Ideally experience of selling to plumbing & heating merchants

* Will consider someone working for a plumbing & heating merchant, looking for first field sales role

* Previous experience stimulating demand with plumbing contractor and end users is not essential

* Preferably sold lightside building products; plumbing, heating, HVAC products such as boilers or sanitary ware

* Fire in the belly, not someone looking for a “milk round”

* Strong in prospecting, closing and growing business accounts

* Can do attitude

The Company:

* Est. 25 years+

* Part of a group

* Circa £6m+ turnover

* Privately held

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: Water Treatment, Water Softeners, Heating System Chemical Treatment, Scale prevention, Limescale Inhibitors, Filters, Independent and National Plumbing & Heating Merchants, Plumbing Contractors and Installers