Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products

Mitchell Maguire Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully expensed Hybrid Car

Full benefits package

Job summary

Mitchell Maguire Limited is seeking an Area Sales Manager to drive timber and construction product sales across the North and Midlands. You will manage a portfolio of 200+ active accounts, travel extensively with a hybrid work pattern, and secure orders ranging from £12k to £250k.

The ideal candidate has a proven field sales track record in timber or related materials, experience selling to buying groups, and strong relationship-building abilities to grow accounts and territory profitability.

Qualifications

• Proven field sales track record selling timber or related building materials.
• Experience selling to builders merchants, timber merchants or buying groups.
• Able to handle order values up to £250k and develop new accounts.
• Autonomous with strong relationship-building and account development skills.

Responsibilities

• Field sales position selling a manufactured range of timber products.
• Sell into builders merchants, timber merchants and buying groups.
• Build relationships and manage an existing portfolio of clients.
• Manage order values from £12k to £250k and cover the North and Midlands region.
• Four and a half days on the road with a half day home/admin and 6–12 week journey planning.

Skills

Field sales

Account management

Interpersonal skills

Autonomous

Job description

Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products

Job reference Number: 232996-1283-25314

Industry Sector: Sawn timber, carcassing timber, construction timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumbar, machined whitewoods, saw milling, decking and fencing timber

Area to be covered: North and Midlands

Basic Salary: £50,000-£60,000

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car + full benefits package

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products will involve:

• Field sales position, selling a manufactured range of timber products
• Selling into builders merchants, timber merchants and buying groups
• Building relationships and managing existing portfolio of clients
• Dealing with order values from £12k – £250k
• Taking over an established region with over 200 active accounts
• Four and a half days on the road visiting customers, half a day working from home/ admin
• Working to a 6-12 week journey plan depending on the value of accounts
• Responsible for 100,000m3 cubic meters of materials
• Due to size of territory, there will be some away night covering the territory as well as site and customer visits

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products experience with:

• Must have proven field sales track record, selling timber (or related) building materials to builders merchants, timber merchants or buying groups
• Must have sold to national, regional and independent merchants, more importantly dealing with the buying groups and buying group members
• Dealing with order values up to £250k
• Interpersonal skills
• Autonomous
• Great relationship builder/ account development skills

The Company:

• 20 years+
• Circa £10m turnover
• 50+ employees
• Privately held