Area Sales Manager Construction Plant & Tool Hire

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool HireIndustry Sector: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste ContractorsArea to be covered: North East to East Midlands - based near West Yorkshire

Remuneration: £42,000 Neg. + 10% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car or Car Allowance & Full BenefitsThe role of the Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool Hire will involve:

• Field sales role, selling a distributed range of construction plant & tool hire, predominantly small plant such as mixers, saws, trench rammers etc. (huge portfolio) also selling excavators, dumpers, dozers and telehandlers etc.
• 80% construction plant sales, 20% groundcare equipment
• Selling into plant hire companies who supply to building contractors, main contractors, housebuilder developers, archaeologists and waste/ recycling contractors as well as smaller independent plant companies and groundcare contractors
• Often used as an infill distributor when usual suppliers come up short
• Reasonable for an area only available due to a retirement
• £6-8m ledger, currently preforming just below budget (mainly due to the market)
• Responsible for approx. 150 plant hire customers on patch, each with an average turnover of £10,000, but can be £50,000+
• Technical role, need to understand mechanics, tools etc.
• Multiple customer sites visits daily

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool Hire with:

• 2-3 years proven track record of construction field sales success
• Construction hire industry experience preferred
• Open to plant hire, tool hire, groundcare hire such as landscaping products
• Will also consider builders merchant experience, either having worked for or sold into merchants and distributors as well as other plant hire compnaies
• Preferable some formal sales training
• Mechanically minded
• Looking for a career move and longevity
• Specific knowledge of mixers, saws, trench rammers etc is not essential
• Contacts within plant hire companies may be useful
• Physically fit

The Company:

• Established 50 years+
• 50 employees
• Privately held
• Leading UK equipment distributor

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: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste Contractors