Area Sales Manager – Plumbing

Area Sales Manager – Plumbing

Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing Merchants

Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, accessories, valves, waste pipes, guttering, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution

Area to be covered: Area Sales Manager – South East, North London, East London, and Essex

(SG, CB, IP, N, E, IG, RM, EC, NR, CO, CM, SS & RM postcodes)

Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + £5,000-£7,000 Bonus (guarantee first 3 months)

Benefits: Hybrid Car + full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbers Merchants will involve:

* Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, values and accessories

* Promoting an extensive portfolio of 3,000+ products

* Selling into circa 350+ trading merchant accounts (approx. 180 in total), predominantly independent plumbing and builders merchants, but also buying group members and national merchants

* Working in a buddy system with a dedicated internal sales professional

* Responsible for £4m+ turnover (£2.4m+ independents)

* 70% account management, 30% account development position

* Inheriting an area currently performing slightly below budget, due to lack of field sales coverage

* 6 calls per day, typically selling into buyers within a trade counter

* Utilising an in-house CRM system which is fully accessible for your mobile devices

* Working as one of two field sales professionals covering London & South East

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Merchants with:

* Proven field sales experience within the plumbing industry

* Must have sold plumbing products into plumbers merchants or building merchants

* May consider field sales experience having working for a plumbers merchants

* Familiarity with plumbing fitting, valves and accessories

* Proven account management/ account development skills

* Excellent territory planning skills

* Contacts within distributors is not essential

* Incredibly pro-active, driven and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business

* Commercial acumen, resilient

The Company:

* Est. 35 years+

* Circa £27m turnover

* 60 + employees

* Privately held

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Plumbing fittings, plumbing accessories, valves, waste pipes, guttering, plumbers merchants, builders merchants and distribution
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed