Area Sales Manager - LVT, Carpet & Wood Flooring

Job Title: Area Sales Manager - LVT, Carpet and Wood Flooring

Industry Sector: Flooring, Independent Retailers, Retail Showrooms, Buying Group Members, Flooring Retailers & Distributors, Carpet, LVT, Vinyl Flooring, Tufted Carpet

Areas to be covered: South West & South Wales

Remuneration: £37,000-£40,000 basic £50,000 uncapped OTE

Benefits: Fully expensed hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager - LVT, Carpet and Wood Flooring will involve:

* Field sales position selling a mid to high end manufactured range of carpet, high quality range of LVT and engineered wood flooring

* Selling into independent flooring retailers and buying group members

* Responsible for circa 250 retail and buying group customers on patch

* £2m revenue responsibility

* Tasked with growing an area, high growth in LVT and engineered wood in particular

* 90% account management, 10% new business development position

* Account sizes will vary from £5,000 per annum up to £70,000 per annum

* 6 calls per day (1-2 days per month working from home/ admin)

* Supporting retail showrooms with merchandising

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - LVT, Carpet and Wood Flooring with:

* Must have proven field sales experience with LVT luxury vinyl tile, carpet or wood flooring

* Must have sold into flooring retail showrooms or buying group members

* Must be comfortable selling POS (point of sale) displays

* Would consider flooring/ carpet retail showroom experience if can demonstrate strong determination and desire for a field sales role

* Comfortable with occasional overnight stays when required

* Self motivated/ enthusiastic

* Commercially aware

* Ideally worked for a flooring manufacturer

The Company:

* Part of a larger group

* Circa 50 UK employees

* Approx. £50m UK turnover

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: Flooring, Independent Retailers, Retail Showrooms, Buying Group Members, Flooring Retailers & Distributors, Carpet, LVT, Vinyl Flooring and Tufted Carpet