Area Sales Manager - Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms

Industry Sector: Builders Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom Showrooms, KBB, Bathroom Furniture and Sanitaryware

Area to be covered: Scotland - ideally based central belt

Remuneration: Up to £50,000 Neg. + up to 20% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms will involve:

* Field sales position, selling our clients manufactured range of bathroom furniture and sanitaryware

* Account managing circa 120 plumbing and builders merchants and member of buying groups (split 70% nationals, 30% independents) and approx. 30 mid-high end bathroom retail showrooms

* Calling on accounts on a 8-16 week cycle dependent on size

* Revenue responsibility of circa £8m

* 80% account management and 20% new business development (recruiting new accounts/ generating new relationships with bathroom retailers - growth area)

* Stabilising the largest territory by postcodes for our client in the UK, currently performing 9% below budget expectation

* Working in a “buddy” system with a Specification Manager, who will be responsible for house builders, architects, interior designers and plumbing contractors

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbers Merchants & Bathroom Showrooms with:

* Proven field sales experience with plumbers merchants or independent bathroom retailers

* Previous bathroom/ sanitaryware or kitchen product sales would be a distinct advantage

* Proven track record of building strong relationships and achieving annual targets

* Stable career history

* Outgoing personality comfortable with entertaining clients and attending evening events

* Team player

* Strong focus on customer satisfaction

* Tenacious, self motivated and confident

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: Builders Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom Showrooms, KBB, Bathroom Furniture and Sanitaryware