Area Sales Manager

Area Sales Manager – Domestic Boilers

Job Type : Permanent, Full Time

Salary : £38000 – £40000/annum + 10,000 commission

Area Sales Manager – Domestic Boilers
Job Title: Area Business Manager – Domestic Boilers
Industry Sector: Domestic boilers, heat pumps, electric boilers, installers, plumbing & heating contractors, plumbing & heating merchants and distributors
Area to be covered: South Central (SP, RG, SL, BH, SO, PO & GU)
Remuneration: £38,000 – £40,000 + up to £10,000 Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed Car + Comprehensive Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Domestic Boilers will involve:
* Field sales position selling a high end range of domestic boilers, plus a new range of heat pumps and electric boilers
* 60% of your time targeting independent plumbing & heating contractors/ installers
* 40% of your time managing approx. 50 plumbing & heating merchants
* Managing relationships with approx 30 national plumbers merchants such as Graham Plumbers Merchant, Wolseley, Travis Perkins and most significantly Plumbase
* Managing approx 20 independent plumbers merchants
* 70% new business development, focusing on switch selling plumbers merchants from competitor boiler manufactures
* 30% account management
* You will be tasked with selling circa 3,500 boilers units per annum (approx £1,000 per unit)
* Inhering an area only available due to a retirement, currently running at circa 70%-80% of budget
* Approx fove customer visits per day, couple of days a month administration from home
* Running the area like it is your own business, you will be responsible for control of budget, expenses, client entertainment etc
* Reporting on CRM system, loading your call planner one week in advance
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Domestic Boilers with:
* 12 months+ proven track record in field sales and territory management
* Ideally sold to contractors / installers and fulfilled through merchants and distributors
* Plumbing and heating industry experience preferred
* Our client is open to a plumbers merchant or builders merchant background
* Boiler knowledge is not essential
* Dedicated new business hunter with a strong character
* Autonomous in approach
* Good solid work ethic and ‘get up and go’
* Trustworthy and self motivated
* Resilient character, outgoing and strong communicator/ presentor
The Company:
* Est. 100Years
* Circa £40m UK turnover
* 100+ UK employees
* Privately held, part of a larger group
If your experience matches the requirements above please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Maguire on (phone number removed) or simply apply by forwarding us a copy of your CV. Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 5 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
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: domestic boilers, heat pumps, electric boilers, pipes, fittings, water heaters, biomass boilers or heat pumps / renewable energy, continuous flow hot water, water systems, storage tank, water treatment, solar, solar thermal, gas water heaters, twin flow, heating radiators and associated plumbing and heating products