Specification Sales Manager – Flooring

Job Title: Specification Sales Manager – Flooring

Industry Sector: A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Commercial Office, Hospitality & Leisure, High Rise Residential, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities

Area to be covered: London, South East & Anglia

Remuneration: £50,000 Neg. + £8,000-£10,000 uncapped commission

Benefits: Fully expensed hybrid BMW or similar Car & Full Benefits

The role of the Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products will involve:

• Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings/ carpet tiles
• Promoting fibre bonded, structure bonded & tufted carpet as well as a number of new ranges
• Main Focus of activity selling into predominantly decision makers, specifiers, architects and interior designers (A&D)
• Remainder of time managing some fit-out contractor and flooring contractor relationships
• Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks, education sector (schools, universities & colleges), hospitality & leisure, high rise residential and a small amount of healthcare
• Utilising Glenigan leads, in-house CRM database and telesales leads
• Overlapping 2 existing areas, this role has been created through ambitious company growth plans
• Tasked with achieving £500,000 invoiced sales year one
• Project sizes ranging from 500m2 to in excess of 20,000m2, wide range of project values typically upwards of  £5,000 to in excess of £200,000

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products with:

• Must have a field sales proven track record of selling into the architects or interior designers (A&D) specification marketplace
• Open to most interior products such as: contract furniture, lighting, wall coverings, fabric, ceiling, partitioning, furniture etc.
• Promoting new products ideally suited to specification selling
• Fit-out contractor and flooring contractor field sales experience also of interest
• Prior experience of selling into office blocks, education sector (schools, universities & colleges), hospitality & leisure, high rise residential and healthcare may be advantageous
• Tactile sales background rather that technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
• Carpet knowledge not essential
• Team player
• Energy, passion and Enthusiasm
• Strong commercial and presentation skills

If your experience matches the requirements above please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Maguire on (phone number removed) or simply apply by forwarding us a copy of  your CV. Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 5 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.

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: A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Commercial Office, Hospitality & Leisure, High Rise Residential, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities