Mitchell Maguire
Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings
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Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings
Job reference Number: 983189-1690-26258
Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers
Area to be covered: London & Home Counties
Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + 15-20% Bonus
Benefits: £500 car allowance + full benefits
Role Overview
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings will involve:
- Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories, and tooling
- Selling into circa hundreds of trading merchant accounts, predominantly plumbers merchants but also plumbing and heating distributors
- Inheriting an area that has not had dedicated full time field sales coverage
- Tasked with growing turnover from £500,000 to £800,000
- 75% of your time looking after the plumbers merchants and plumbing and heating distributors
- 25% stimulating demand with mechanical contractors, plumbers, and plumbing and heating installers
- 4 days a week on the road in front of customers, typically 4 visits per day
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Ideal Applicant
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings with:
- Proven field sales experience within the plumbing and heating industry
- Must have sold into plumbers merchants
- Ideally stimulated demand for plumbing products with mechanical contractors and plumbing installers
- Familiarity with plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories, and tooling may be advantageous
- Proven account management/ account development skills
- Excellent territory planning skills
- Contacts within distributors is not essential but may be useful
- Incredibly pro-active, driven, and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business
- Commercial acumen, resilient
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The Company
- Established: 12 years+
- Turnover: Circa £6m
- Ownership: Privately held
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