Area Sales Designer Truss, Joist and Timber Frame in Swindon

Job description

Area Sales Designer Truss/ Joist and Timber Frame
Job Title: Area Sales Designer Truss/ Joist and Timber Frame
Job reference Number: 718318-1843-2436
Industry Sector: OEMs, Truss, Joist, Timber Frame, Light Gauge Steel (LGS), Mass Timber Sectors, Engineered products, Construction Connectors, Structural Engineers and National Housebuilders
Area to be covered: South ideally based near M4 Corridor
Remuneration: £40,000 - £42,000 Neg. + £5,000 uncapped commission
Benefits: Hybrid Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Designer Truss/ Joist and Timber Frame will involve:
Field sales role, selling an engineered range of construction connectors for OEMs within truss/ joist, timber frame, light gauge steel (LGS) and mass timber sectors
Majority of time will be spent selling into the OEMs and structural engineers, smaller proportion of time trying to influence national housebuilders and win specifications (growth area)
60% of your time trying to develop sales from within existing relationships, 40% new business development
Looking after some large OEM customer accounts, e.g. £1.1m, £700,000 and £400,000 accounts, plus a number achieving £100,000 turnover per annum
Responsible for an area that achieved £3.4m last year (98% of budget), circa 50-60 OEM accounts day one
Producing reports and data as required on current sales activity
Supporting new product development
The ideal applicant will be anArea Sales Designer Truss/ Joist and Timber Frame with:
Must have a proven field sales track record and an understanding of the engineered products market; Truss/ Joist, Timber Frame, Light Gauge Steel and Mass Timber sectors
The perfect candidate is an ex designer that has just moved into a sales role, or designer that is very hands on with the customer
Experience using Mitek, Wolf Systems or Gangnail software or similar, whilst working for a fabricator like Donaldson, Crendon, Pasquill who produce, trusses, joists and timber frame would be ideal
Previous experience of selling into OEM or structural engineers preferred
Specification experience with national housebuilders may be advantageous but is not essential
Technical background preferred (technically demanding role)
Excellent relationship building and business development skills
Exceptional commercial acumen
Tenacious and proactive
The Company:
50+ UK employees
Circa £40m 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: OEMs, Truss, Joist, Timber Frame, Light Gauge Steel, Mass Timber Sectors, Engineered products, Construction Connectors, Structural Engineers and National Housebuilders JBRP1_UKTJ

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Swindon

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English