Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers

Industry Sector: Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom specialists, Independent Retailers, Bathroom Showrooms, Merchants and DIY Stores

Area to be covered: South West and South Central - ideally based M4 corridor

Remuneration: £38,000-£45,000 + 20% Bonus

Benefits: £500 per month car allowance or hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers will involve:

• Field sales position, promoting taps, showers and accessories for bathrooms
• Majority of your time selling into plumbers merchants
• Small amount of time selling independent bathroom specialists, independent retailers & bathroom showrooms
• Inheriting an established area with huge growth potential
• Responsible for circa 600+ plumbers merchant customers, although only circa 100 of these are actively spending
• Initially account development focussed role
• Initially responsible for approx. £650,000 revenue, tasked with growing the area to £750,000
• Implementing a 12 week journey plan which will see you visit plumbers merchants in proportion to their value to the business
• Typically 4 days on the road visiting customers, 1 day a week working from home/ admin

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers with:

• Proven field sales track record
• Must have sold into plumbers merchants (may consider currently working for a plumbers merchant looking for first field sales role)
• Proven account management skills; excellent relationship builder etc.
• Ambitious, dynamic and hard working personality
• Knowledge of showers, bathrooms, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware preferred
• Ability to build structured journey plan
• Autonomous, driven self starter, no leaflet droppers

The Company:

• Est. 100 years+
• 60+ UK employees
• Circa £20m+ turnover
• Part of a larger group

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: Plumbers Merchants, Brassware, Tapware, Sanitaryware, Heating, Radiators, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Boilers, Renewables, Plumbing, Showers and the Tile industry