Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 55,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: N1 Islington Greater London
- Date: 23 hours ago
Description:
Specification Sales Manager – Wood Repair
Job Title: Specification Account Manager – Wood Repair Resins and Fillers
Industry Sector: Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Specifiers, Heritage Companies, Property Management Companies, Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Joinery Sub-Contractors, Painting & Decorating Merchants and General Builders Merchants
Area to be covered: Greater London (Inside M25)
Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 + Up to £8,000 Bonus and £2,500-£5,000 profit Share
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Specification Sales Manager – Painting & Decorating will involve:
* Field sales position, selling a range of epoxy resins and fillers for wood repair
* 60% of your time winning specifications with predominantly quantity surveyors and architects and other specifiers within local authorities, Heritage companies and property management organisations
* 20% stimulating demand for product with main contractors and specialist joinery and timber sub-contractors
* 20% of your time managing relationships with paint manufacturers and conducting project visits and doing all associated admin
* Inheriting an area with a turnover of circa £1m
* Tasked with growing the area by 20% next year
* Initially 70% new business development, 30% account management, although this will change to 80% account management over time as all won projects are retained
* Working in a “buddy system” with a Technical Account Manager who will be responsible for all site inspections, site surveys and training for customers
* Project sizes up to £30,000, with an average order value of circa £10,000-£20,000
* Social media/ LinkedIn savvy
The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager – Painting & Decorating with:
* Must have specification field sales experience within the building products/ construction industry (ideally 2 years+)
* Ideally also sold to contractors, but must understand the specification sales process
* Team player, comfortable working in a “buddy system”
* Open to most product field sales backgrounds, but ideally sold associated products such as resins, fillers, grouts, adhesives, coatings, paints or other timber/ joinery products
* Ideally with contacts within quantity surveyors, architects, local authorities, heritage companies or property management organisations
* Ability to communicate and build relationships with main contractors or sub-contractors such as joinery/ timber contractors
* Outgoing, empathetic and tonnes of charisma
The Company:
* Established 30 years
* £6m+ turnover
* 20+ employees
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, with an enviable reputation in the marketplace. We pride ourselves on surpassing client and candidate expectations again and again. Our core focus is within the building materials arena, and includes sectors such as: epoxy, resins, fillers, grouts, windows, timber, architectural paint, remedial work, adhesives, local authorities, architects, main contractors, social housing, housing associations, joinery sub-contractors, quantity surveyors, specifiers, heritage companies, property management companies, housing associations, painting & decorating merchants and general builders merchants