Specification Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products
Job reference number: (phone number removed)
Industry Sector: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, 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 Central – (postcodes – GU, KT, PO, RG, SL, SM, SO, SW, TW, UB & W)
Remuneration: £50,000‑£55,000 Neg. + up to £12,000 Commission and Up to £10,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits
Responsibilities
* Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings / carpet tiles
* Promoting multi-loop and low level loop carpet tiles as well as some ranges of FRS (full repeatable scroll)
* Selling into 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
* Role will develop over time to spend more time with the A&D specifiers and less with the transactional flooring contractors
* Working alongside another trade field sales professional responsible for account managing direct flooring contractor accounts on the area
* Inheriting an area with a turnover of approx. £1.2m (historically achieved budget over last three years)
* New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit
* Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks, the education sector (schools, universities & colleges) and a small amount of healthcare
* Utilising ABI leads and in‑house CRM database
* Project sizes from 500m², typically £10,000 upwards project value
Qualifications
* Must have a proven track record of selling into the architects or interior designers (A&D) specification marketplace
* Ideally from the flooring/carpet industry
* 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 than technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
* 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 the above industries.
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