Overview
Area Sales Manager Designer Paint – Mitchell Maguire Recruitment Ltd
Industry: Architects & Interior Designers, Paint Merchants, Decorating Merchants, Hardware shops, Builders Merchants and high end independent retailers / stockists
Area to be covered: East Midlands & East Anglia
Remuneration: £35,000-£50,000 + 10% Bonus & uncapped stretch commission
Benefits: Fully Expensed Plug-In Hybrid car + comprehensive benefits
Role
The role of the Area Sales Manager Designer Paint will involve:
* Field sales position selling 2 high end designer paint brands as well as 1 trade paint brand (5% of sales promoting designer wallpaper)
* Area created through growth
* 90% account development involving circa 150 customer accounts (majority decorating centres with tinting machines; smaller amount time with interior stores, interior designers, etc.)
* 10% new business development, predominantly within the trade brand and builders merchants
* Customers typically turnover between £20,000-£90,000 annually
* Approx. 80% branches are from national decorating centres (e.g., Brewers and Dulux) and 20% are independent interior stores, interior designers, etc.
* Taking over our clients smallest area nationally with a turnover of circa £2m, with huge potential to grow the trade brand paint
* Typically 3-4 days a week on the road; remainder from home/admin
Ideal applicant
* 2-3 years field sales experience
* Ideally sold interior aesthetically pleasing/design-led products
* Must have sold into retail/distribution customers such as decorating centres, builders merchants, retail showrooms, independent retailers, etc.
* Ideally sold a premium/high end product
* Must be IT literate
* Can-do / glass-half-full mentality
* Autonomous in nature
* Open to various high end interior design led products such as paint, tiles, carpet, wallpaper, sanitaryware, high end kitchens, etc.
* Consultative in approach; excellent relationship builder, but also a closer
* Knowledge of designer paint is not required
Company
Est. 30 years
140 employees
Family run
£20m+ turnover
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, Paint Merchants, Decorating Merchants, Hardware shops, Builders Merchants and high end independent retailers / stockists
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Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Sales and Business Development
* Industries: Marketing Services
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