Area Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products
2 days ago
Luton
Area Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products (12 month Contract) Industry Sector: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities Area to be covered: North and West of London: AL, EN, HA, HP, LU, MK, N, NN, NW, OX, SG, WD Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + up to £8,000 Commission plus Bonus Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits The role of the Area Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products will involve: · This role is for temporary maternity cover – 12 month contract · Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings / carpet tiles · Promoting multi-loop and low level loop carpet tiles as well as some ranges of FRS (full repeatable scroll) · This is a transactional field sales role, with the majority of your time selling into flooring contractors (65%) · Remainder of time selling into architects and interior designers (A&D), but also: fit-out contractors, property developers, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management, local authorities and main contractors · Inheriting an area with a turnover of approx. £1m · New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit · Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks as well as the education sector: schools, universities & colleges and a small amount of healthcare · Utilising ABI leads and in-house CRM database · Project sizes from 500m 2 , typically £10,000 upwards project value The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products with: · Must have a proven field sales track record, ideally selling into flooring contractors · Flooring/ carpet industry backgrounds preferred · Open to other interior products such as: wall coverings, fabric, ceiling, partitioning or furniture · Contacts within fit-out contractors, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management and local authorities are not essential · Specification sales experience with architects and interior designers (A&D) may be useful but not essential · Tactile sales background rather that technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related · Some knowledge of how sustainability is driving both the construction and interior market would be beneficial. · Energy, passion and Enthusiasm · Strong commercial and 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: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities TPBN1_UKTJ