Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Heating Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing & Heating Industry Sector: Plumbing and Heating Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Builders Merchants, Hardware Stores and Buying Groups, Soil & Waste, Rainwater Harvesting, Above Ground Drainage, Below Ground Drainage, Ventilation, Heating, Hot & Cold water, Commercial Boilers, Heat Pumps, Biomass, Renewable, HVAC, M&E, Mechanical Engineers and other plumbing and heating systems Area to be covered: North East, Yorkshire and East Midlands Based: North East & Yorkshire Remuneration: £45,000-£50,000 Neg. 15% Bonus per quarter Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating will involve: Field sales position, selling our clients distributed range (75%) and own brand range (25% of plumbing and heating supplies to plumbers merchants, builders merchants, hardware stores and buying groups 80% account management, 20% new business development position Responsible for circa top 200 live accounts (typically ranging from £5,000-£100,000 turnover) Revenue responsibility circa £2m-£2.5m Circa 18-20 customer appointments per week Attending trade mornings Offering recommendations for new products lines and managing the area through rigorous business planning Identifying purchase decision makers and arrange and attend sales visits Building relationships with both existing and prospective clients Huge prospect database The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating with: A proven field sales track record in the plumbing & heating industry Either successfully selling to plumbers merchants or may consider someone working for a plumbers merchant in a field sales capacity Account management/ relationship building skills Entrepreneurial attitude Comfortable with IT systems and CRM reporting Friendly, assertive, independent, quick paced and able to work on own initiative Persuasive with ability to sell concepts and ideas by gaining commitment and willing acceptance An outlook which will thrive in a challenging environment, and have the freedom to act and the authority to take decisions 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: Plumbing and Heating Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Builders Merchants, Hardware Stores and Buying Groups, Soil & Waste, Rainwater Harvesting, Above Ground Drainage, Below Ground Drainage, Ventilation, Heating, Hot & Cold water, Commercial Boilers, Heat Pumps, Biomass, Renewable, HVAC, M&E, Mechanical Engineers and other plumbing and heating systems