Retail Sales Manager

Sonas Bathrooms; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully expensed company car

Company credit card

Access to pension scheme

Access to employee assistance programme

Job summary

Sonas Bathrooms is seeking an experienced Retail Sales Manager to join our team in Dublin. This role focuses on improving sales across our retail channel, working closely with Retail Merchant Partners. The ideal candidate will demonstrate resilience, adaptability, and a customer-focused approach.

The company offers a competitive salary, fully expensed company car, pension scheme, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of working in relevant retail sales or general field sales.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow strategic partnerships with retailers.
• Increase SONAS Bathrooms market share through business development.
• Research and identify opportunities for Sonas Bathrooms.
• Utilise the SONAS Bathrooms CRM system for opportunity management.
• Maximise use of company resources to achieve objectives.
• Represent the company at trade events.

Skills

Strong sales capability with a customer-focused approach

Commercial awareness

Ability to analyse market data

Effective presentation and communication skills

Relationship and rapport building

Resilience and adaptability

Planning and goal delivery

Sound decision-making

Job description

In business since 1978, Irish owned SONAS are the bathroom experts. We design, manufacture and distribute everyday luxury style bathroom collections through a network of leading retail bathroom showrooms, builders providers and plumbers merchants.

Sonas Bathrooms are an industry leading organisation who have won Deloitte’s best Managed company awards every year since 2019.

Our Vision is to be the brand that allows you to reimagine bathrooms. Our Mission is to create long lasting, stylish and sustainable products, innovatively crafted with expertise; and supported with exceptional customer service.

The Opportunity and Role

As a result of growth and expansion in recent years, Sonas Bathrooms is now recruiting for an additional Retail Sales Manager to join our team in the Greater Dublin Area.

The role is to continuously improve sales across our retail channel and work closely with our Retail Merchant Partners to achieve this.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a self-starting, energetic and highly resourceful individual who likes to be recognised and rewarded for their achievements. A passion for continuous learning & development and a desire to be part of a winning team is essential.

General Responsibilities

• Undertake any work assigned to you by the Company to the best of your ability.
• Effectively plan and manage your workload and time.
• Approach tasks with a customer centric mindset.
• Seek out opportunities to improve our processes and services for the Company.
• In your dealings with management, colleagues, customers, and suppliers, adhere to the Company’s Values.
• New Thinking.

Responsibilities Specific to your Role

• Develop and grow strategic partnerships with the retailers in the bathroom sector across your assigned region.
• Increase SONAS Bathrooms market share within the retail channel through proactive business development and account management.
• Research, identify and harvest high potential opportunities for Sonas Bathrooms within the marketplace.
• Effectively utilise the SONAS Bathrooms CRM system to support opportunity management and pipeline conversion.
• Maximise the use of company resources, tools and support functions to achieve commercial objectives.
• Promote the product and service solutions available from SONAS Bathrooms to all key marketplace personas.
• Build distribution and brand call for the SONAS Bathroom portfolio.
• Represent the company at selected trade events and industry exhibitions to support lead generation and demand creation.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to optimise forecast accuracy and effective execution.
• Resolve commercial and operational challenges in support of both company objectives and the needs of our partners in market.

Key Skills Required for the Role

• Strong sales capability with a customer-focused approach.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of core financial principles relevant to sales performance.
• Ability to analyse market data, trends, and insights to identify growth opportunities.
• Effective presentation and communication skills.Strong relationship and rapport building.
• Collaborative approach, both internally and externally.
• Resilience and adaptability in a target-driven environment.
• Planning and goal delivery.
• Sound decision-making and problem‑solving capabilities.

Experience Required for the Role

• Minimum of 2 years of working in relevant retail sales or general field sales.
• Very competitive salary based on experience.
• Fully expensed company car.
• Company credit card.
• Access to company pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to employee assistance programme.

SONAS is known for its unique culture with strong company values which places our people, customers and business stakeholders at the heart of what we do. SONAS Bathrooms is an Equal Opportunities Employer. If you have any particular requirements, we will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process. We value diversity and inclusion in our workplace and want to ensure that all applicants have the same opportunity regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, religious belief, or political opinion. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.