Area Sales Manager Bathrooms and Showers

Mitchell Maguire; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction sales consultancy is seeking an Area Sales Manager for Bathrooms and Showers to drive sales across North East & Yorkshire. The ideal candidate will have a proven sales track record in plumbing merchants, strong account management abilities, and a dynamic personality. The role includes 90% sales focus and offers a salary of £38,000-£45,000 with additional benefits including a monthly car allowance and performance bonuses.

Benefits

£500 per month car allowance

20% performance bonus

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven track record of selling into plumbers merchants.
• Excellent relationship-building skills.
• Must be a driven self-starter, not a leaflet dropper.

Responsibilities

• Promoting taps, showers, and accessories in the field.
• Account management focused on around 120 plumbers merchants customers.
• Responsible for approximately £1.8m in sales.

Skills

Proven field sales track record

Account management skills

Knowledge of showers and bathrooms

Ambitious and dynamic personality

Ability to build structured journey plan

Job description

Area Sales Manager Bathrooms and Showers

Job Title: Area Sales Manager Bathrooms and Showers

Industry Sector: Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom specialists, Independent Retailers, Bathroom Showrooms, Merchants and DIY Stores

Area to be covered: North East & Yorkshire + CA & LA postcodes

Postcodes: NE, DH, SR, TS, DL, YO, HU, HG, JS, WF, HX, HD, CA & LA

Remuneration: £38,000-£45,000 + 20% Bonus

Benefits: £500 per month car allowance or hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager Bathrooms and Showers will involve:

• Field sales position, promoting taps, showers and accessories for bathrooms and also kitchens
• 90% of your time selling into selling into plumbers merchants
• Small amount of time trying to win specifications with predominantly small housebuilders, but also have some influence with local authorities, housing associations, architects and interior designers
• Inheriting an area, currently performing well against budget expectation
• Responsible for circa (Apply online only) plumbers merchants customers (80% of the revenue come from the top 120 customers) same number of accounts?
• 30% new business development, 70% account management
• Initially responsible for approx. £1.8m
• Implementing a 12 week journey plan which will see you visit customers in proportion to their value to the business
• Typically 4 days on the road visiting customers, 1 day a week working from home/ admin

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Bathrooms and Showers with:

• Proven field sales track record
• Must have sold into plumbers merchants (may consider currently working for a plumbers merchant looking for first field sales role)
• Proven account management skills; excellent relationship builder etc.
• Ambitious, dynamic and hard working personality
• Knowledge of showers, bathrooms, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware preferred
• Ability to build structured journey plan
• Autonomous, driven self starter, no leaflet droppers

The Company:

• Est. 100 years+
• 60+ UK employees
• Circa £20m+ turnover
• Part of a larger group

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within the building industry in sectors such as: Plumbers Merchants, Brassware, Tapware, Sanitaryware, Heating, Radiators, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Boilers, Renewables, Plumbing, Showers and the Tile industry