Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 55,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: LU1 Luton Bedfordshire
- Date: 14 hours ago
Description:
Area Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products (12 month Contract)
Industry Sector: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities
Area to be covered: North and West of London: AL, EN, HA, HP, LU, MK, N, NN, NW, OX, SG, WD
Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + up to £8,000 Commission plus Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products will involve:
* This role is for temporary maternity cover – 12 month contract
* Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings / carpet tiles
* Promoting multi-loop and low level loop carpet tiles as well as some ranges of FRS (full repeatable scroll)
* This is a transactional field sales role, with the majority of your time selling into flooring contractors (65%)
* Remainder of time selling into architects and interior designers (A&D), but also: fit-out contractors, property developers, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management, local authorities and main contractors
* Inheriting an area with a turnover of approx. £1m
* New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit
* Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks as well as the education sector: schools, universities & colleges and a small amount of healthcare
* Utilising ABI leads and in-house CRM database
* Project sizes from 500m2, typically £10,000 upwards project value
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products with:
* Must have a proven field sales track record, ideally selling into flooring contractors
* Flooring/ carpet industry backgrounds preferred
* Open to other interior products such as: wall coverings, fabric, ceiling, partitioning or furniture
* Contacts within fit-out contractors, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management and local authorities are not essential
* Specification sales experience with architects and interior designers (A&D) may be useful but not essential
* Tactile sales background rather that technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
* Some knowledge of how sustainability is driving both the construction and interior market would be beneficial.
* Energy, passion and Enthusiasm
* Strong commercial and presentation skills
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: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities