Key Account Manager - Outdoor Playground Equipment

Mitchell Maguire; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment consultancy is seeking a Key Account Manager to sell outdoor playground equipment. The role involves managing existing key accounts and developing new business, primarily within the housebuilding and architecture sectors. Applicants should have a proven sales record, be organized, and ideally hold some sales training. This position offers a base salary of £42,000 plus commission and requires the candidate to be located within 30 minutes of Southampton or Winchester.

Benefits

Fully expensed Audi car or £450 car allowance

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven track record of key account management and business development.
• Comfortable with sales cycles up to 18 months.
• Ideally some formal sales training.

Responsibilities

• Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment.
• 50% key account management and 50% new business development.
• Conducting customer site surveys and calls.

Skills

Key account management

Business development

Sales ability

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

Key Account Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment

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

Responsibilities

• 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 customer’s 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

Job Info

Location: Southampton, Hampshire

Posted: Sep 29th 2025

Closes: Oct 30th 2025

Sector: Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

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