Area Sales Manager – Stoves and Fireplaces
Job Title: Southern Area Sales Manager – Wood Burning Stoves
Industry Sector: Wood Burning Stoves, Limestone Fireplaces, Domestic Solid Fuel, Secondary Heating, Fireplace Retail Showrooms, Plumbing & Heating Merchants and Electrical Wholesalers
Area to be covered: South – (South of a line from Gloucester to Kings Lynn)
Remuneration: £45,000 + £12,000-£15,000 Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car + full benefits package
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Wood Burning Stoves will involve:
* Field sales position selling our clients manufactured range of domestic solid fuel stove ranges
* Selling into an established network of retail fireplace specialist showrooms
* Initially responsible for circa 130 retail showroom accounts with a turnover of approx. £1.8m
* 80-90% account management/ account development role, huge opportunity for growth as the South East and South West have the highest concentration of wood burners in the UK (North West region has a turnover of £3m)
* 10-20% of your time weeding out poor performing accounts and replacing these with new independent retailers
* Fireplace retailers vary in size from £20,000 to £250,000 turnover
* Working in conjunction with a field sales person promoting our clients range of gas and electric fires
* Promoting products and obtaining display space
* De...