Key Account Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment

Mitchell Maguire Recruitment Ltd; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is searching for a Key Account Manager to drive sales of outdoor playground equipment across South England. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in key account management and business development, although specific experience in the playground sector is not essential. The role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to manage existing warm accounts, with comprehensive sales support provided.

Benefits

Fully expensed Audi car or £450 car allowance

Uncapped commission

Full benefits

Qualifications

• Proven track record of key account management and business development.
• Experience in selling into housebuilders, housing developers and architects may be useful.
• Ideally some formal sales training.

Responsibilities

• Field based position selling outdoor playground equipment.
• Manage key accounts and develop new business.
• Conduct site surveys and calls on customer sites.

Skills

Key account management

Business development

Sales cycle management

Organizational skills

Computer literacy

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Key Account Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment

Industry Sector: Housebuilders, Housing Developers, Architects, Outdoor Play, Playground Equipment

Area to be covered: South

Based: Within 30 minutes of Southampton/ Winchester

Remuneration: £42,000 + £12,000-£20,000 Uncapped Commission

Benefits: Fully expensed Audi car or £450 car allowance & full benefits

Role

The role of the Key Account Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment will involve:

• Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment
• Selling into housebuilders, housing developers and architects
• 50% key account management
• 50% new business development
• Significant project bank to inherit
• Area only vacancy due to an upcoming retirement
• Calling on customers sites, conducting surveys etc.
• Typically 2 days a week on the road, 3 days working from home
• Inheriting a warm area that has already smashed its annual target
• Average project size of circa £30,000
• Circa £1.5m revenue target
• Lots of sales support including field site visits with the Head of Sales
• Appoints set for you by internal co-ordinators

Ideal applicant

• Experience working within the outdoor playground equipment sector is not essential
• Proven track record of key account management and business development
• Open on product background
• Previous experience selling into housebuilders, housing developers and architects may be useful but not essential
• Must live within 30 minutes of either Southampton or Winchester
• Comfortable with sales cycles up to 18 months
• Driven and organised
• Ability to grow accounts
• Not job hoppers/ journey men
• Ideally some formal sales training
• Computer literate

The Company

Established 40 years+

Privately held, family-owned

15m turnover

100+ employees

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Housebuilders, Housing Developers, Architects, Outdoor Play, Playground Equipment

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