Job Description
Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools Industry Sector: Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail Area to be covered: North & South Ireland – ideally based Northern Ireland Remuneration: £38,000 Neg. + Up to £15,000 Commission Benefits: Company car and full benefits package The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools will involve: * Field based position selling plumbing and pipe tools * 60% into national and 40% independent plumbers merchants and buying groups * 95% account management role * Managing circa 200 customers * Ledger responsibility £1.2m * Typically 5 customer visits per day four days a week (unless conducting a trade morning/ demonstrating the products) work from home on Mondays to set appointments for the week/ administration * Customers include; PTS, BSS, Heat Merchants and numerous Irish Nationals * Using social media as a sales tool for the sales region, KPI driven/ commission element (3 x Instagram’s and 3 x LinkedIn posts) * Ensuring all POS is up to standard * Demonstrating products to end users * Work to re-activate non/ low spending accounts The ideal applicant will be a Sales Merchandiser – Plumbing and Pipe Tools with: * Must have sold to plumbers merchants * Open to a sales person who has worked for a plumbers merchants * Ability to utilise social media as a sales tool would be a huge advantage * Field sales experience is preferred, but open to other face to face environments * Keen, hungry and with an attitude of wanting to learn and progress * Good organisational and time management skills * Ability to build and develop lasting relationships with customers * Plumbing and pipe tools knowledge is not essential * Self-motivated ‘go-getter’ with a flexible approach * Able to manage and prioritise accounts The Company: * Global company * Est. 65 years+ * Industry leader 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: Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Buying Groups, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail