Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Heating
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Heating
Job reference Number: 198442-8837-2552
Industry Sector: Plumbing, Heating, Building Services, Mechanical Engineering, Pipes, Fittings, Drainage, Plumbing and Heating Merchants
Area to be covered: Greater Manchester
Remuneration: £44,000-£50,000 Neg. + £15,000-£20,000 Bonus
Benefits: Tesla 3 or BMW e330 & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Heating will involve:
* Field sales position, selling a distributed range of mechanical pipes, values, fitting and drainage
* Covering greater Manchester
* Selling into plumbing and heating contractors, building services contactors, mechanical contractors etc.
* Four days a week on the road, typically 12-16 qualified customer appointments per week
* One day working from branch
* Personal ledger responsibility circa £4.5m-£5m
* 70% Account management role, 30% new business development
* Looking after accounts from £10,000 turnover to £500,000
* Working in a team of four field sales professionals (£16.5m branch revenue responsibility)
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Heating with:
* Proven field sales track record selling into contractors
* Open to all building product backgrounds, although specific knowledge of mechanical pipes, values, fitting and drainage may be useful
* Mechanical, plumbing and heating sector experience would be a bonus
* Positive outlook
* Work hard play hard mentality
* Proven account management skills; excellent relationship builder etc.
* Ambitious, dynamic and hard working personality
* Ability to build structured journey plan
* Autonomous, driven self starter, no leaflet droppers
The Company:
* 100+ UK employees
* Circa £100m+ turnover
* Part of a larger group