Area Sales Manager Timber and Joinery

Area Sales Manager Timber and Joinery

Job Title: Area Sales Manager Timber and Joinery

Industry Sector: Timber, Joinery, Stairs, Doors, Floors, UK Residential House Building and Construction; Regional House Builders

Area to be covered: South West and South Wales

Remuneration: £45,000 neg. + £5,000-£10,000 Bonus

Benefits: Car allowance or hybrid car and corporate benefits package

The role of the House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery will involve:

• Field sales role selling a manufactured range of timber for staircases, floors and doors
• Selling into regional housebuilders, circa 20-40 initial relationships to inherit with regional housebuilders
• Dealing with MDs down to site contractors
• You will inherit an area going through diversification and expansion but with a modest initial turnover of £500,000
• Tasked with growing the area to £1m (huge scope to become a £3m-£4m turnover area in a few years
• 50% new business development, 50% utilizing relationships with regional builders via parent national builders merchant
• 70% on the road visiting construction sites to discuss projects/ engaging with sub contractors etc., 30% working from home/ admin/ engaging national builders merchants sales team
• Working within a field sales team of two in the south covering the regional house builders, main/ historical field sales team for our client focuses on the national house builders
• Working on projects up to 350 plots
• You will be required to increase the customer base and hit turnover and margin targets in line with company strategy

The ideal applicant will be a House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery with:

Must have sold to regional housebuilders

Ideally sold timber or joinery associated products, however our client is open to most building products

Fire in the belly

Dynamic personality

Ideally some structured sales training

Proven track record of field sales success within the construction industry

Business and computer acumen

Presentation skills

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: House Builders, Housebuilders, Internal Doors & Door-Sets, Door-Kits, Timber Stairs, External Doors & Sets, Patio Doors, Windows and Door Frames, Panel, Timber Staircases, and other Timber / Joinery / Joist and carpentry associated products

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