Area Sales Manager - Ground Shoring and Groundwork

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Ground Shoring and Groundwork

Industry Sector: Ground Shoring, Groundworkers, Concrete Frame Contractors, Construction, Civil Engineering, Formwork and Falsework

Area to be covered: East Midlands; Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire

Remuneration: £40,000-£50,000 + £10,000-£15,000 commission

Benefits: Hybrid Car or Car allowance of £500 per month + full benefits package

The role of the Area Sales Manager - Ground Shoring and Groundwork will involve:

* Field sales position selling predominantly the hire (but also the sale) of ground shoring products including: trench boxes, manhole boxes, manhole braces, pipe lifter, struts & walers, trench lining and tube shoring products

* Opportunity to sell formwork and falsework after 6 months

* Selling into groundworkers

* Vacancy has come about through a leaver, you will inherit a turnover of just under £800,000

* Responsible for growing the area, although it is not expected that you will generate revenue in the first six months

* Huge opportunity for growth on this area due to AMP 7&8 (multi billion pound water treatment works over the next 5 years)

* 80% new business development within your own contacts and also within our clients existing formwork & falsework customer database

* 20% account development targeting existing clients

* Project sizes will vary from £1,000 (a few trench boxes for a few weeks) up to £6,000+ per week for projects lasting 6 months+ (e.g. 2-3 story basement projects)

* Visiting construction sites typically 4 days per week and on average 4 customer visits per day

* Utilising a team of qualified engineers for technical support

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Ground Shoring and Groundwork with:

* Preferably with ground shoring, temporary works or civil engineering field sales experience

* Knowledge of formwork and falsework may be beneficial down the line when selling the wider portfolio

* Ideally sold into groundworkers

* Open to technical groundshoring backgrounds looking for 1st field sales role

* Open to hire or sales industry field sales experience

* Proven territory management skills/ field sales proven track record preferred

* Contacts within groundworkers may be beneficial

* Construction site experience

* Specific knowledge of trench boxes, manhole boxes, manhole braces, pipe lifter, struts & walers, trench lining and tube shoring products is not essential

* Empathetic, energetic, drive, passion and enthusiastic

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: Ground shoring, groundworking, trench boxes, manhole boxes, manhole braces, pipe lifter, struts & walers, trench lining and tube shoring products, groundworkers, concrete frame contractors, construction, civil engineering contractors, formwork and falsework