Area Sales Manager - Timber And Construction Products

Mitchell Maguire; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sales recruitment consultancy seeks an Area Sales Manager for Timber and Construction Products. The successful candidate will cover the South East, Anglia, and Southern East Midlands, selling a diverse range of timber products. Key tasks include building client relationships and managing a portfolio of over 200 accounts, dealing with significant order values. Ideal candidates should demonstrate a successful sales track record in the building materials sector, possess strong interpersonal skills, and be autonomous. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Fully expensed Hybrid Car

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven field sales track record selling timber or related building materials.
• Experience selling to national, regional, and independent merchants.
• Ability to manage high-value accounts (up to £250k).

Responsibilities

• Sell a range of timber products through a field sales position.
• Build relationships and manage an existing portfolio of clients.
• Deal with order values ranging from £12k to £250k.

Skills

Field sales track record

Sales to builders merchants

Relationship building skills

Interpersonal skills

Autonomous

Job description

Area Sales Manager – Timber and Construction Products

Industry sector: Sawn timber, carcassing timber, construction timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumber, machined whitewoods, saw milling, decking and fencing timber.

Area to be covered: South East, Anglia and Southern part of East 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 have:

• 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:

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

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: Sawn timber, carcassing timber, construction timber, pallet wood and packaging material timber, Canadian lumber, machined whitewoods, saw milling, decking and fencing timber.