Area Sales Manager – Furniture Solutions
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Education Furniture Solutions
Industry Sector: Portable Furniture, Furniture, Furniture Solutions, Tables, Chairs, Lockers, Flooring, Interior Spaces, Education Sector, Education, LEA’s, MAT’s, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Dealers, Leisure, Hotels, Hospitality, Dealer Partners, Corporate End Users
Area to be covered: North, Scotland, Ireland & Scandinavia – ideally based North / Scotland
(Occasionally travel to Scandinavia typically once a quarter but perhaps less)
Remuneration: £35,000 - £40,000 + circa £14,000 commission
Benefits: £6,000 car allowance & full benefits packages
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Education Furniture Solutions will involve:
* Field sales role selling a high quality manufactured range of furniture predominantly solutions for the education sector
* All of your time will be spent selling to dealers, large education furniture manufacture’s, LEA’s, MAT’s, schools, colleges and universities
* Problem solving, resolving conflicts and providing solutions to customer’s needs
* Majority of your time managing existing accounts, with element of new business
* Dealing with order values ranging from £3k - £150k depending on project sizes, with average order ranging between £3k-£6k
* Inheriting a patch currently achieving £1m
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Education Furniture Solutions with:
* Must have a proven track record in field sales selling into furniture dealers or the education sector via schools, colleges and universities, LEA’s & MAT’s
* Ideally familiar with furniture products such as; lockers, stages, tables and chairs (would consider other product backgrounds with strong route to market experience)
* Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills
* Self-starter, good time management skills, focused and customer service orientated
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Field Construction Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Portable Furniture, Furniture, Furniture Solutions, Tables, Chairs, Lockers, Flooring, Interior Spaces, Education Sector, Education, LEA’s, MAT’s, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Dealers, Leisure, Hotels, Hospitality, Dealer Partners, Corporate End Users