Area Sales Manager – Kitchen Worktops

Area Sales Manager – Kitchen Worktops

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Kitchen Worktops/ Slabs

Industry Sector: Kitchen Worktops, Large Format Slabs, Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiles, KBB, Kitchen & Bathroom Retailers, Kitchen Studio’s, Stonemasons, Worktop Fabricators, Independent Retailers, Builders Merchants, Tile Importers and Tile Distributors

Area to be covered: Midlands and South – possible London focus

Remuneration: £45,000-£55,000 + Up to £12,000 Bonus

Benefits: Fully Expensed Hybrid & Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Kitchen Worktops/ slabs will involve:

* Field sales role selling a manufactured range of large format slabs for kitchen worktops

* Acting as a product champion for large format slabs in the South of the country

* 70% of your time managing and developing circa 100 kitchen studio’s and independent kitchen and bathroom retailers

* 30% of your time managing and growing approx. 10-15 stonemasons/ worktop fabricators

* Growing kitchen worktop revenue from £175,000 to £250,000 in year one

* Circa 15 customer visits per week

* Overnight stays when required, covering a large area

* Travel 3-4 times a year to Spain and Italy

* Assisting with merchandising, training, developing and nurturing kitchen studio’s, kitchen & bathroom retailers as required

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Kitchen Worktops/ Slabs with:

* Must have kitchen worktops field sales experience, will consider a mix of worktop slabs and tiles

* 2 years+ field sales experience

* Prior experience of having sold into kitchen studio’s, merchants, retail showrooms, stonemasons or worktop fabricators desirable

* Hardworking/ honest

* Professional and prepared with strong organisation and territory management capability

* Prepared to do high UK mileage and happy to travel abroad when required

The Company:

* Leading European manufacturer of ceramic tiles

* Small UK subsidiary

* Est. circa 15 years UK

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: Kitchen Worktops, Large Format Slabs, Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiles, KBB, Kitchen & Bathroom Retailers, Kitchen Studio’s, Stonemasons, Worktop Fabricators, Independent Retailers, Builders Merchants, Tile Importers and Tile Distributors
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed