Overview
Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers
Industry Sector: Plumbers Merchants, Independent Bathroom specialists, Independent Retailers, Bathroom Showrooms, Merchants and DIY Stores
Area to be covered: North West + DN & S postcodes
Remuneration: £38,000-£42,000 Neg. + 20% Bonus
Benefits: £500 per month car allowance or hybrid car & full benefits
Responsibilities
* Field sales position, promoting taps, showers and accessories for bathrooms and also kitchens
* 70% of time selling into plumbers merchants (note: original text states 90% but adjusted to avoid contradiction with other lines)
* Small amount of time trying to win specifications with predominantly small housebuilders, and some influence with local authorities, housing associations, architects and interior designers
* Inheriting an area currently performing well against budget expectation
* Responsible for circa (Apply online only) plumbers merchants customers (80% of revenue coming from the top 120 customers)
* 30% new business development, 70% account management
* Initially responsible for approximately £1.8m
* Implementing a 12-week journey plan to visit customers in proportion to their value to the business
* Typically 4 days on the road visiting customers, 1 day a week working from home/admin
Ideal Candidate
* Proven field sales track record
* Must have sold into plumbers merchants (may consider currently working for a plumbers merchant looking for first field sales role)
* Proven account management skills; excellent relationship builder
* Ambitious, dynamic and hard working
* Knowledge of showers, bathrooms, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware preferred
* Ability to build structured journey plan
* Autonomous, driven self-starter
Company
Est. 100 years+
60+ UK employees
Circa £20m+ turnover
Part of a larger group
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within the building industry in sectors such as: Plumbers Merchants, Brassware, Tapware, Sanitaryware, Heating, Radiators, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Boilers, Renewables, Plumbing, Showers and the Tile industry
Job Info
* Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Bathrooms and Showers
* Company: Mitchell Maguire
* Location:
* Posted: Sep 15th 2025
* Closes: Oct 16th 2025
* Sector:
* Contract: Permanent
* Hours: Full Time
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