Sales Manager – Architectural Aluminium

Posted 20/09/2024 by Mitchell Maguire

Location:
M1, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary/Rate:
£47,000/annum + up to 20% Bonus

Sales Manager – Architectural Aluminium

Job Title: Specification Sales Manager – Architectural Aluminium

Industry Sector: Architects, Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Government and Educational Institutions, Main Contractors, Aluminium Fabricators, Curtain Walling, Windows & Doors, Window Walling, Architectural Hardware, Solar Shading and Natural Ventilation

Area to be covered: North – ideally based centrally

Remuneration: £47,000 neg. + up to 20% Bonus

Benefits: Hybrid Car + full benefits package

The role of the Specification Sales Manager Architectural Aluminium will involve:

  • Field sales position selling our clients designed, extruded and distributed range of curtain walling, high performance windows & doors, window walling, architectural hardware, solar shading and natural ventilation applications
  • 60-70% of your time influencing architects in order to win specifications for façade, window and glazing applications
  • Remainder of time account managing 14 live aluminium fabricators on patch
  • Targeting commercial projects such as healthcare, retail, office plus some high end residential, but with a focus on education/ schools
  • Specification revenue target circa £750,000-£1.2m
  • Fabricator account management responsibility for approx.. £3.5m
  • Project sizes typically around £75,000 metal (aluminium) value but can vary from £2,000 - £500,000
  • Although inheriting a small project bank, your time will be focussed on new business development versus converting exiting projects
  • Once established in the role, it may be expected for you to conduct a couple of CPD’s per month
  • Chasing Glenigan leads and leads from fabricators and sub contractors as well as project managing the specification through the tendering process to metal order and project completion

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Architectural Aluminium experience with:

  • Ideally with 12 months  proven field sales track record within architectural specification sales
  • Façade, curtain walling, window/ glazing system, building envelope backgrounds preferred but not essential
  • Open to a fabrication background, either sales or estimating looking for first field sales opportunity
  • Stable career history, no job hoppers
  • Technical knowledge of products
  • Team player
  • Autonomous in nature
  • One of two competitors on the CV will be ok, but not industry journey men
  • Hungry, tenacious with bags of energy / get up and go

The Company:

  • Est. 55 years+
  • Circa £20m turnover
  • 100+ employees
  • One of the largest privately held aluminium system companies in Europe

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: curtain walling, high performance windows & doors, window walling, architectural hardware, solar shading and natural ventilation applications, architectural glazing, rainscreen cladding, building envelope, roofing, steel framing systems, timber cladding, metal profile systems, architects, local authorities, housing associations, government and educational institutions, main contractors, fabricators and curtain walling




 

Type:
Permanent
Contract Length:
permanent
Job Reference:
226055-2207-24235
Job ID:
222211328
Applications:
Less than 10

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