Mitchell Maguire
Area Sales Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment
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Area Sales Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment
Industry Sector
Schools & Nurseries, Local Authorities, Parish Councils, Landscape Architects, Leisure Operators and Community Groups
Area to be covered
Huntingdon, St Neots, Cambourne and Peterborough
Remuneration
£37,000-£44,000 + up to £20,000 Commission
Benefits
Fully expensed car or £650 car allowance & full benefits
The Role
The role of the Area Sales Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment will involve:
- Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment
- Selling into local authorities, but also schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
- 70% new business within known/ existing relationships
- 30% new business development, calling on customers sites, conducting surveys etc. (sales into schools and community groups tends to be more new business driven)
- Typically 4 appointments per day, 4 days a week (one day working from home/ admin)
- Inheriting a warm area
- Average project size of circa £15,000
- Circa £1.5m revenue target
- Lots of sales support including field site visits with the Head of Sales
- Appoints set for you by internal co-ordinators
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The Ideal Applicant
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Outdoor Playground Equipment with:
- 3 years+ field sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets
- Ideally some formal structured sales training
- Previous experience working within the outdoor playground equipment sector is not required but may be advantageous
- Highly motivated with tonnes of energy and enthusiasm
- Any previous experience of selling into local authorities, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects or leisure operators may be advantageous
- Knowledge of outdoor playground equipment is not required as full product training will be provided
- Not afraid to put the hours in!
- Not job hoppers/ journey men
- Experience of identifying new opportunities coupled with excellent account management capability
- Computer literate
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The Company
- Established 40 years+
- Privately held, family-owned
- 15m+ turnover
- 100+ employees
- 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: playground equipment, local authorities, housing developers, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
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