Area Sales Manager Contract Kitchens

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager for Contract Kitchens in Leeds. The role involves field sales, focusing on building relationships with housebuilders and managing key accounts. Candidates should possess over 2 years of kitchen sales experience and excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary of £35,000 plus commission and a fully expensed hybrid car. A blend of home and field working is expected.

Benefits

Fully expensed Hybrid car or EV

Commission

Qualifications

• 2+ years of kitchen sales experience.
• Experience in field sales, preferably with housebuilders.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Field sales role selling contract kitchens.
• Account manage 20-30 housebuilder customers.
• Develop new business through calls and visits.

Skills

Kitchen sales experience

New business development

Account management skills

Good phone skills

IT literacy

Organizational skills

Job description

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Area Sales Manager Contract Kitchens, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Client: Mitchell Maguire

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 5

Posted: 14.08.2025

Expiry Date: 28.09.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Area Sales Manager Contract Kitchens

Industry Sector: KBB, Contract Kitchens, Regional Housebuilders, National Housebuilders, Private Developers and Builders

Area to be covered: North (based M62 corridor)

Remuneration: £35,000 Neg. + commission

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid car or EV & Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager Kitchens will involve:

• Field sales role selling our clients manufactured range of contract kitchens
• Selling into regional housebuilders and housing developers/national housebuilders such as Miller Homes, Muir Homes, Barratt Homes, etc.
• 50% new business development, involving phone calls and face-to-face visits
• 50% account management of circa 20-30 housebuilder customers
• Handling projects from 25-500 plots (£60,000-£5m+)
• Typically 3-4 days a week on the road, remainder working from home
• Ideally 2-3 meaningful customer visits a day when on the road
• Working through a housebuilder list as well as own contacts
• Visiting show plots and marketing suites to identify decision makers
• Presenting pricing exercises, tending for real projects
• Attending 3 days of initial training in Europe

The ideal applicant will have:

• 2+ years kitchen sales experience
• Potentially a kitchen sales designer aiming to move into field sales
• Strong new business hunter and account management skills
• Good phone skills
• Charismatic, personable, professional, confident
• IT literate
• Organised, methodical, good journey planner
• Well presented
• Career progression-oriented

About the company:

• Established over 20 years
• UK subsidiary of European manufacturer
• 50+ employees

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist construction field sales recruitment consultancy, focusing exclusively on construction field sales jobs, vacancies, and positions within housebuilders, private developers, contract kitchens, builders, taps, showers, accessories, brassware, sanitaryware, kitchens, bedrooms, vanity units, wardrobes, bathrooms, interiors, flooring, ceilings, wall coverings, partitions, tiles, flooring, and other related KBB products.