Specification Sales Manager – Decorative Surfaces
Job Title: Specification Sales Manager – Decorative Surfaces
Industry Sector: Architects, Interior Designers, Shop Fitters, Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Residential, Education, Student Accommodation, Laminate, HPL, High Pressure Laminate, Waterproof Shower & Bathroom Panels and Worktops
Area to be covered: Northern Ireland with occasional visits to the South
Remuneration: £55,000-£60,000 Neg. + 20% Bonus
Benefits: Car allowance & full benefits
The role of the Specification Sales Manager – Decorative Surfaces will involve:
* Field sales position selling a manufactured range of tabletop and door laminate (HPL – high pressure laminate), waterproof bathroom & shower wall panels and kitchen worktops and other decorate surfaces
* 40% of your time influencing and winning specifications with architects and interior designers
* Targeting hospitality (including student accommodation), healthcare, residential and education projects.
* 40% selling into cubicle, door and washroom manufacturer/ fabricator end users
* 20% account managing a few worktop retailers
* Targeted to grow specification projects by circa £1m and end user manufacturers/ fabricators by £1.5m
* Inheriting a specification pipeline of circa £10m (typical conversation rate is 30%)
* Conducting CPD seminars
* No dedicated field sales presence in Ireland, hence you will be effectively the commercial manager for the country
The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager – Decorative Surfaces with:
* Must have a proven track record in specification field sales with architects and interior designers
* Interior/ decorative product background
* New business orientated
* Ideally prior experience within hospitality (including student accommodation), healthcare, residential and education projects.
* Strategic thinker, comfortable dealing at Director level
* Ability to hit the ground running
* Looking for longevity in career
* Fantastic opportunity to develop professionally within a large global business
* Specific HPL – high pressure laminate, tabletop and door laminate, waterproof bathroom & shower wall panel and kitchen worktop industry knowledge is not essential
* Energy, passion and enthusiasm to work in a price orientated market
* Strong commercial, networking and CPD presentation skills
The Company:
* Est. in UK 25+ years
* Part of a $1bn+ global business
* 250+ UK employees
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: Architects, Interior Designers, Shop Fitters, Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, Residential, Education, Student Accommodation, Laminate, HPL, High Pressure Laminate, Waterproof Shower & Bathroom Panels and Worktops