Area Sales Manager – Timber and Joinery

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Timber and Joinery

Industry Sector: Timber, Joinery, Stairs, Doors, Floors, UK Residential House Building and Construction; Regional House Builders

Area to be covered: South West and South Wales

Remuneration: £45,000 neg. + £5,000-£10,000 Bonus

Benefits: Car allowance or hybrid car and corporate benefits package

The role of the House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery will involve:

• Field sales role selling a manufactured range of timber for staircases, floors and doors
• Selling into regional housebuilders, circa 20-40 initial relationships to inherit with regional housebuilders
• Dealing with MD’s down to site contractors
• You will inherit an area going through diversification and expansion but with a modest initial turnover of £500,000
• Tasked with growing the area to £1m (huge scope to become a £3m-£4m turnover area in a few years
• 50% new business development, 50% utilizing relationships with regional builders via parent national builders merchant
• 70% on the road visiting construction sites to discuss projects/ engaging with sub contractors etc., 30% working from home/ admin/ engaging national builders merchants’ sales team
• Working within a field sales team of two in the south covering the regional house builders, main/ historical field sales team for our client focuses on the national housebuilders
• Working on projects up to 350 plots
• You will be required to increase the customer base and hit turnover and margin targets in line with company strategy

The ideal applicant will be a House Builder Area Sales Manager for Timber and Joinery with:

• Must have sold to regional housebuilders
• Ideally sold timber or joinery associated products, however our client is open to most building products
• Fire in the belly
• Dynamic personality
• Ideally some structured sales training
• Proven track record of field sales success within the construction industry
• Business and computer acumen
• 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: House Builders, Housebuilders, Internal Doors & Door-Sets, Door-Kits, Timber Stairs, External Doors & Sets, Patio Doors, Windows and Door Frames, Panel, Timber Staircases, and other Timber / Joinery / Joist and carpentry associated products