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 - based Northern Ireland

Remuneration: Up to £42,000 Neg. + Up to £15,000 Commission

Benefits: Hybrid 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 (Apply online only) customers (60% Northern Ireland, 40% Republic Ireland)

* 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 an Area Sales Manager- 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