Area Sales Manager Plumbing and Pipe Tools

Area Sales Manager Plumbing and Pipe Tools

Industry Sector:
Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail

Area to be covered:
North & South Ireland – based Northern Ireland

Remuneration:
Up to £42,000 Neg. + Up to £15,000 Commission

Benefits:
Hybrid Company car and full benefits package

• Field based position selling plumbing and pipe tools
• 60% into national and 40% independent plumbers merchants and buying groups
• 95% account management role
• Manage circa 160-170 customers (60% Northern Ireland, 40% Republic Ireland)
• Ledger responsibility £1.2m
• Typically 5 customer visits per day, four days a week (unless conducting a trade morning/ demonstrating products); work from home on Mondays to set appointments for the week/ administration
• Customers include PTS, BSS, Heat Merchants and numerous Irish Nationals
• Use social media as a sales tool for the sales region, KPI driven/ commission element (3 x Instagrams and 3 x Linked In posts)
• Ensure all POS is up to standard
• Demonstrate products to end users
• Work to re‑activate non/low spending accounts

• Must have sold to plumbers merchants
• Open to a sales person who has worked for a plumbers merchants
• Ability to utilise social media as a sales tool would be a huge advantage
• Field sales experience is preferred, but open to other face to face environments
• Keen, hungry and with an attitude of wanting to learn and progress
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to build and develop lasting relationships with customers
• Plumbing and pipe tools knowledge is not essential
• Self‑motivated go‑getter with a flexible approach
• Able to manage and prioritise accounts

Global company, established 65 years+; industry leader. 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:
Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Buying Groups, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail.