Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters
Industry Sector: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers
Area to be covered: West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Mid & South Wales, Gloucestershire and Somerset
Based: Ideally West Midlands
Remuneration: £35,000 - £38,000 + £8,000-£10,000 commission
Benefits: Tesla Company car & company benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters will involve:
* Field sales position selling a manufactured range of components and fabrics for blinds and shutters
* Direct sell into small business end users historically
* All of your time will be spent selling direct to the trade via: shutter and blind manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands and sub-contractors as well as merchants and blind retailers
* Inheriting a well-established area only available due to an internal promotion
* Currently turning over circa £3m
* 95% account management role, circa (Apply online only) active spending customers on patch
* Typically three customers per day (some over teams), four days per week, one day working from home/ admin
* Majority of your work will be in the West Midlands
The ideal applicant will be Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters with:
* Must have field sales experience selling direct to the trade
* Ideally experience selling into small business end users
* Preferably some experience selling into manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands and sub-contractors or well as merchants/ blind retailers
* Specific knowledge or blinds, shutters id not required
* Our client is very open on field sales product backgrounds
* Must be able to plan your own diary
* Account management capability/ relationships building skills
* Friendly team player with drive and enthusiasm
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, and Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers