Job Description
Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products
Job Title: Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products
Industry Sector: A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities
Area to be covered: South Yorkshire & East Midlands (LE, DE, DN, HD, LN, NG, S & WF)
Remuneration: £50,000 Neg. + up to £10,000 Uncapped Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products will involve:
Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings / carpet tiles
Promoting approx. 20% fibre bonded carpet and 80% structure bonded & tufted carpet as well as three new ranges of FRS (full repeatable scroll)
Selling into predominantly architects and interior designers (A&D), but also: fit-out contractors, property developers, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management, local authorities and main contractors
Working alongside another trade field sales professional responsible for account managing direct flooring contractor accounts on the area
Inheriting a mature area performing well against budget expectation in recent years
Targeted to achieve £2.5m+ between the 2 field sales professionals on the area
New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit
Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks as well as the education sector: schools, universities & colleges and a small amount of healthcare
Utilising ABI leads and in-house CRM database
Project sizes from 500m2 up to 15,000m2, typically £5,000-£200,000 project value
Promoting new products via FRS machine (full repeat scroll)
The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products with:
Must have a proven track record of selling into the architects or interior designers (A&D) specification marketplace
Ideally from the flooring/ carpet industry
May also be open to interior products such as: wall coverings, fabric, ceiling, partitioning or furniture
Contacts within fit-out contractors, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management and local authorities are not essential
Tactile sales background rather that technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
Carpet knowledge not essential
Team player
Energy, passion and Enthusiasm
Strong commercial and presentation skills
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: Interiors, Flooring, Partitioning, Floor Coverings, Wall coverings, Fabric, Furniture, Partitions, Lighting, Ceramics, Suspended Ceilings, Acoustic Ceilings, Carpets and other Interior building products
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