Area Sales Manager - Furniture

Mitchell Maguire; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Full benefits package

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire are seeking an Area Sales Manager to drive a high-quality furniture range to education sector dealers and institutions across North, Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia, with occasional travel to Scandinavia.

The role involves managing existing accounts, developing new business and handling orders from £3k to £150k, with an overall patch currently around £1m. A strong, self-motivated salesperson with excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have B2B project-led field sales experience.
• Open to what products you've sold.
• Ideally selling into furniture dealers or the education sector via schools, colleges and universities, LEAs & MATs (not essential).
• Ideally familiar with furniture products such as lockers, stages, tables and chairs (other product backgrounds with strong route-to-market experience will be considered).
• Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Self-starter, good time management skills, focused and customer service oriented.

Responsibilities

• Field sales role selling a high quality manufactured range of furniture, predominantly solutions for the education sector.
• Sell to dealers, large education furniture manufacturers, LEAs, MATs, schools, colleges and universities.
• Problem solving, resolving conflicts and providing solutions to customer needs.
• Manage existing accounts with an element of new business.
• Deal with order values ranging from £3k to £150k depending on project size; average orders £3k-£6k.
• Inherit a patch currently achieving £1m.

Skills

B2B sales

Communication

Negotiation

Time management

Job description

Overview

Area Sales Manager - Furniture Solutions. Territory includes North, Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia, ideally based in North/Scotland. Travel to Scandinavia is occasionally required, typically once a quarter.

Remuneration: £40,000 - £50,000 + circa £15,000 commission. Benefits: £6,000 car allowance and full benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Field sales role selling a high quality manufactured range of furniture, predominantly solutions for the education sector.
• Sell to dealers, large education furniture manufacturers, LEAs, MATs, schools, colleges and universities.
• Problem solving, resolving conflicts and providing solutions to customer needs.
• Manage existing accounts with an element of new business.
• Deal with order values ranging from £3k to £150k depending on project size; average orders £3k-£6k.
• Inherit a patch currently achieving £1m.

Ideal profile / Qualifications

• Must have B2B project-led field sales experience.
• Open to what products you've sold.
• Ideally selling into furniture dealers or the education sector via schools, colleges and universities, LEAs & MATs (not essential).
• Ideally familiar with furniture products such as lockers, stages, tables and chairs (other product backgrounds with strong route-to-market experience will be considered).
• Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Self-starter, good time management skills, focused and customer service oriented.