Area Sales Manager – Showers, Bathrooms and Plumbing & Heating Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Showers, Bathrooms and Plumbing & Heating Industry Sector: Shower enclosures, shower panels, walk-in showers, wetroom systems, shower trays, plumbing and heating merchants, bathroom retail showrooms and buying groups Area to be covered: South West & South Wales/ South Remuneration: £50,000 up to 20%-50% Bonus Benefits: Fully expensed EV & Full Benefits The role of the Area Sales Manager Showers, Bathrooms and Plumbing & Heating will involve: * Field sales position, selling our clients designed and manufactured mid-upper range of shower enclosures, shower panels, walk-ins, wet room systems and shower trays * Responsible for circa 700 active customers, split approx 30% plumbing & heating merchants (with a bathroom showroom) and 70% retail bathrooms showrooms * Inheriting an area achieving £2m turnover, currently * 30% account management, 70% focus on low or zero spending accounts, hence you will spend more time with plumbing & heating merchants as our clients sees this as the growth area * Working in a “buddy system” with a Retail Support Manager who focus on display visits, technical enquiries and lower level accounts such as the national agreement with City Plumbing, UKPS etc. * Also responsible for managing Barwick Bathroom Distribution, Dell Factor Distribution and Claygate’s ASM’s and the customers they supply * Assisting with stock deals, working on promotions, buying policy, marketing and maximising possible stockholdings and revenues * Reporting on CRM system The ideal applicant will be a Key Account Manager Showers, Bathrooms and Plumbing & Heating with: * Must have sold to plumbing & heating merchants and / or retail bathrooms showrooms or buying group members * Proven field sales track record in new business/ hunter mentality * Specific showering product knowledge is not essential as full product training will be provided * KBB, bathroom and / or plumbing & heating product industry knowledge is required * Outgoing team player * Autonomous and able to hit the ground running * Dynamic / energetic approach * Must be prepared to put in the hours The Company: * Approx. 200 Employees * Circa £20m turnover * Privately held * Multiple UK manufacturing facilities 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: Shower enclosures, shower panels, walk-in showers, wetroom systems, shower trays, plumbing and heating merchants, bathroom retail showrooms and buying groups