Specification Sales Manager Heating and Ventilation
Job Title: Specification Sales Manager Heating & Ventilation
Industry Sector: Social Housing, Building Services, Showering, Panel Heaters, Water Heating, Ventilation, Instant Hot Water, Renewable products, HVAC, Electric Heating, Renewable Energy, Social Housing, Social Landlords, Housing Associations, Local Authorities, New Build, Regional Housebuuilders, M&E Consultants, Domestic Ventilation, M&E Contractors, Electrical Contractors/ Electrical Installers, Distribution, Electrical Wholesale and Merchants
Areas to be covered: South Central (DT, BH, SO, PO, SP, BA, SN & RG)
Remuneration: £55,500-£65,000 Neg. + 20% Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed hybrid car or £450 per month car allowance + full benefits package
The role of the Specification Sales Manager Heating & Ventilation will involve:
Field sales position selling our clients new and existing manufactured range of heating, ventilation and renewables
Specification led field sales position, you will be provided with a list of approx. 40 regional social landlords to target (not necessarily with contacts)
Cradle to grave sales process from specification right though to distribution
70% of your time targeting social housing, you will spend the majority of your time influencing specifiers within key social housing landlords at head office level, as well as housing associations and local authorities
15% winning specifications with regional housebuilders/ housing developers
15% managing key relationships within distribution, electrical wholesale and plumbing and heating merchants
Tying up specification at a high level, cascading information down to field sales team on the patch, advising on which social housing providers have funding, and who are the best points of contact etc.
60% of your time winning new social housing projects within new customers, 40% within existing/ known relationships
Working on projects from £50,000 up to £500,000 framework agreements
Targeted to achieve circa £1.5m of won specifications in year One and £2.5m in year Two
Mix of new build and refurbishment projects
Will involve some social housing new build projects as a joint venture with regional housebuilders/ private housing developers
Act as a trusted advisor for sustainability managers and key stakeholders (help max efficiency of housing stock)
Likely that you will conduct between 2-4 CPD presentations per month
The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Heating & Ventilation with:
A proven track record of wining social housing specification projects in a field sales role
Knowledge of social housing frameworks may be advantageous
An understanding of social housing regulations
May be open to regional housebuilder/ new build specification sales experience
Good technical understanding
Drive/ high energy
Ideally sold heating, electrical or ventilation associated products, although our client is open to most construction product field sales backgrounds
Ability to target large social housing providers
Team player
Good negotiation and customer management skills
Positive can-do attitude
The Company:
Market leading manufacturer
Includes household/ brand names in the portfolio
£100m+ turnover
Part of a large global group
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: Social housing, housing associations, local authorities, electrical contractors and electrical wholesalers, heating, hot water, showering, ventilation products storage heaters, panel heaters, convectors, electric fires, commercial boilers, electrical, heat pumps, biomass, renewable, solar thermal systems, heat emitters, HVAC, M&E, and specifiers
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