Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Drainage
Job Title: Business Development Manager – Plumbing & Drainage
Industry Sector: Heavyside Building Materials, Gravity Fed Drainage Systems, Plumbing and Drainage, Builders Merchants, Civil Merchants, Drainage Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Building Contractors, Civil Contractors, Groundwork Contractors, House Builders and Housing Developers
Area to be covered: Anglia (Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk)
Remuneration: £45,000 Neg. + Lunch Allowance + £15,000-£18,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully Expensed Plug-In Hybrid Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Drainage will involve:
* Field sales role, selling company’s manufactured range of gravity fed above and below ground drainage systems, including; underground drainage, rainwater guttering, soil and waste drainage systems
* 60% of your time building relationships with building contractors, civil contractors, groundworkers and various small to medium sized builders and developers (looking to grow house builder customer base)
* 40% Back selling through independent builders merchants & civil merchants and independent plumbers merchants (approx. 75-100 accounts in total)
* Inheriting a territory achieving circa £2.5m turnover, up on budget expectation
* Inheriting an extremely mature territory, incumbent field sales representative has been on patch 10 years!
* 60% new business development, 40% account management role
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Drainage with:
* Must have 2-3 years proven field sales territory management experience
* Sold heavyside building materials
* Ideally sold to building contractors, civil contractors, groundworkers or various small to medium sized builders and developers
* Open to candidates that have also sold to builders merchants, plumbers merchants or civil merchants
* Also be open to a field sales representative that has worked for a builders merchants, plumbers merchants or civil merchants
* Specific knowledge of gravity fed above and below ground drainage applications such as underground drainage, rainwater guttering, soil and waste drainage systems is not required
* Plumbing, drainage or heating field sales experience is not essential, our client is open to many different heavy-side building product backgrounds
* CRM proficient, high level of ability in terms of numeracy, IT capability, communication & organisational skills
* Go getter with raw enthusiasm
The Company:
* 500+ employees
* British company
* 100m+ turnover
* Large independent manufacturer
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: Heavyside Building Materials, Gravity Fed Drainage Systems, Plumbing and Drainage, Builders Merchants, Civil Merchants, Drainage Merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Building Contractors, Civil Contractors, Groundwork Contractors, House Builders and Housing Developers