Area Sales Manager Construction Plant & Tool Hire

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Construction Plant & Tool Hire

Industry 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 Contractors

Area 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 Benefits

The 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