Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

Job description

Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers

Area to be covered: London & Home Counties

Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + 15-20%  Bonus

Benefits: £500 car allowance + full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings will involve:

• Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling
• Selling into circa hundreds of trading merchant accounts, predominantly plumbers merchants but also plumbing and heating distributors
• Inheriting an area that has not had dedicated full time field sales coverage
• Tasked with growing turnover from £500,000 to £800,000
• 75% of your time looking after the plumbers merchants and plumbing and heating distributors
• 25% stimulating demand with mechanical contractors. Plumbers and plumbing and heating installers
• 4 days a week on the road in front of customers, typically 4 visits per day

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings with:

• Proven field sales experience within the plumbing and heating industry
• Must have sold into plumbers merchants
• Ideally stimulated demand for plumbing products with mechanical contractors and plumbing installers
• Familiarity with plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling may be advantageous
• Proven account management/ account development skills
• Excellent territory planning skills
• Contacts within distributors is not essential but may be useful
• Incredibly pro-active, driven and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business
• Commercial acumen, resilient

The Company:

• Est. 12 years+
• Circa £6m turnover
• 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:

Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers


 

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