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 East & Yorkshire + CA & LA postcodes
Postcodes: NE, DH, SR, TS, DL, YO, HU, HG, JS, WF, HX, HD, CA & LA
Remuneration: £38,000-£42,000 Neg. + 20% Bonus
Benefits: £500 per month car allowance or hybrid car & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers will involve:
* Field sales position, promoting taps, showers and accessories for bathrooms and also kitchens
* 90% of your time selling into plumbers merchants
* Small amount of time trying to win specifications with predominantly small housebuilders, but also have 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 the revenue come from the top 120 customers) - same number of accounts?
* 30% new business development, 70% account management
* Initially responsible for approx. £1.8m
* Implementing a 12 week journey plan which will see you 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
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Bathrooms and Showers with:
* 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 etc.
* Ambitious, dynamic and hard working personality
* Knowledge of showers, bathrooms, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware preferred
* Ability to build structured journey plan
* Autonomous, driven self starter, no leaflet droppers
The Company:
* Est. 100 years+
* 60+ UK employees
* Circa £20m+ turnover
* Part of a larger group
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