Area Sales Manager – Building Plastics

Mitchell Maguire; Enfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully expensed hybrid car

Full benefits

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire is seeking an Area Sales Manager – Building Plastics to cover the Anglia and Home Counties region. You will sell a manufactured range of building plastics including fascia, gutters, and window trims to builders merchants, distributors, and specialist plastic suppliers.

Reporting into a regional sales structure, you will manage around 130 accounts with revenue responsibility of £10m+, and progress to end-user sales with housebuilders, main contractors, installers and social

Qualifications

• 2–3 years field sales experience selling building products.
• Proven track record with builders merchants or buying groups.
• Knowledge of fascias, gutters, cladding systems, window trims or related plastics.

Responsibilities

• Sell a manufactured range of building plastics to roofline, rainwater, and PVC bath panels.
• Manage ~130 distributor accounts with revenue responsibility over £10m.
• Develop end-user sales to housebuilders, main contractors, installers and social housing providers.
• Operate in Anglia and Home Counties territory.
• Meet or exceed sales targets and report performance.

Skills

Field sales

Building products

Job description

Area Sales Manager – Building Plastics

Industry Sector

Roofline, Rainwater Systems, Bath Panels, Underground Drainage, Cellular Plastics & Room Liner, Window Trims, PVC, uPVC, Fascia, Gutters, Cladding Systems, Builders Merchants, Buying Groups, Specialist Plastic Suppliers, Housebuilders, Installers, New Build, Social Housing and Local Authorities

Area to be covered

Anglia and Home Counties (East of line from Peterborough to London)

Remuneration

£40,000-£45,000 Neg. + up to £8,000 Bonus

Benefits

Fully expensed hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Building Plastics will involve:

• Field sales position selling a manufactured range of building plastics for roofline, rainwater, and underground applications as well as PVC bath panels
• Initially all of your time managing circa 130 customer (distributor) accounts, typically £20,000-£250,000
• Majority of customer accounts are builders merchants (incl. buying groups) and specialist plastic/ PVC suppliers
• Revenue responsibility for approx. £10m+
• After 6-12 months you will spend up to 40% of your tie selling into end users such as; national and regional housebuilders (new build), main contactors, installers and social housing providers
• Huge portfolio of products including; fascias, gutters, window trims, underground drainage & room liner etc.

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Building Plastics with:

• 2-3 years field sales expeirence, must have a proven track record of selling building products (open to bricks, blocks, roofing systems, rooflights, windows etc.)
• Ideally a blend of customer experience, housebuilders, main contractors, installers or social housing providers and builders merchants/ buying groups or specialist plastic distributors
• Ideally some allied building plastics knowledge such as; fascias, gutters, cladding systems, window trims, underground drainage, decking & room liner etc. although full product training will be provided
• Capable of being a “safe pair of hands” in respect of account managing existing customers, but also with new business development capability
• Driven, target focussed and a team player
• Analytical thinker

The Company:

• Established 30 years+
• Part of an established group
• £100m+ turnover