Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Heating
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing & Heating
Industry Sector: M&E Contractors, HVAC Contractors, Plumbing & Heating Contractors, M&E Consultants, Building Services Consultants and Plumbing & Heating Merchants
Area to be covered: Midlands and South
Remuneration: £40,000 Neg. + 20-25% Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed hybrid car & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating will involve:
* Technical field sales position selling a large manufactured range of valves, thermostatic control products, pipes, HIU’s (heat interface units) and manifolds
* Promoting products and solutions for isolation, regulation and control of heating and domestic water services
* Typically targeting hospitals, schools, health centres, housing associations, commercial and large public buildings
* 50% New business and 50% account development role, you will be inheriting an area which has not had dedicated field sales representation but does have some large accounts that are spending a small amount currently
* Targeted to increase turnover from £150,000 to £250,000 in year one
* Responsible for approx. 60-80 trading accounts
* Majority of your time will be spent with M&E contractors, HVAC contractors, mechanical contractors or plumbing and building services contractors
* The remainder of your time winning specifications with consulting engineers, local authorities, M&E consultants, other specifiers and some small independent plumbers merchants via a deal with UKPS
* Excellent field sales support
* 6 calls per day, plus 2 calls per week with consultants
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating with:
* Sales experience with the plumbing and heating industry, ideally sold to contractor customers
* Mechanical engineering/ building services industry background not essential
* Ideally some technical field sales experience with M&E contractors, HVAC contractors or building services contractors
* Specification field sales experience with M&E consultants, and consulting engineers is not essential
* Passionate with tonnes of determination, drive and tenacity
* Building services / HVAC construction industry contacts would be useful
* Must be a team player and have the ability and personality to integrate into a team working environment
* Business acumen and negotiating skills
* Preferably with prior experience within commercial, healthcare and local authority sectors
The Company:
* Well established
* 15+ UK employees
* Circa £5m UK turnover
* Part of a large European group with turnover in excess of €100m
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: HVAC, M&E, thermostatic control products, pipes manifolds, fittings, pumps, boilers, calorifier, heat exchanges, boiler, HIU’s (heat interface units), valves, safety valve, compression fitting, couplings, repair clamps, regulators, ball valves, gas controls, strainers, backflow preventers, boilers, plumbing, insulation, heating and all other associated M&E building services solutions