Specification Sales Manager Social Housing & Local Authorities in Leeds - Mitchell Maguire

Specification Sales Manager Social Housing & Local Authorities
Job Title: Area Sales Manager Social Housing & Local Authorities
Industry Sector: Local Authority, Social Housing, Housing Association, Home Improvement Agencies, HAIs, DFGs, Dissability Facility Grants, Main Contractors, Specifiers, Specialist Adapted Bathroom Sub Contractors, Adapted Bathroom Distributors, Residential Homes and Nursing Homes
Area to be covered: North West, North wales and Yorkshire (Not South Yorkshire)
Remuneration: £42,000-£44,000 Neg. + up to 40% Bonus
Benefits: Plug in Hybrid Car & Benefits
The role of the Specification Sales Manager Social Housing & Local Authorities will involve:
Field sales role selling a manufactured range of functional and practical adapted bathrooms for the elderly and less-abled
70% specification field sales led position gaining specifications with local authorities, housing associations and disabled facilities grants DFGs via HIAs (home improvement agencies)
Selling through main contractors who work of local authorities,and specialist adapted bathroom sub contractors
Protecting specifications and breaking other adapted bathroom manufacturers specifications wherever possible through offering an attractive commercial alternative solution
You will inherit a project bank, as well as relationships with approx. 300+ accounts, which will be a mixture of local boroughs and main contractors/ specialist adapted bathroom sub contractors (circa 150+ of which are actively spending)
30% of your time managing relationships within bathroom adaptation distributors (our client is looking to reduce sales through distribution and focus on selling direct)
Inheriting an established area, currently 97% of budget and turning over £1.35m
70% account management role, 30% new business development
Mix of public sector and private sector end users including; occupational therapists, residential homes, nursing homes, care homes etc but can be anyone with an adapted bathroom need
The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Social Housing & Local Authorities with:
Must have specification field sales experience within either; local authorities, housing associations, social housing, HIAs home improvement agencies or DFGs disability facility grants
Ideally with main contractor or specialist adapted bathroom sub-contractor field sales route to market experience
Healthcare product knowledge is not required, as all construction product backgrounds will be considered
Sales hunter mentality
Open to kitchen, bedroom, bathroom related backgrounds as well as showers, boilers, fans and other building materials related field sales backgrounds
Consultative sales approach
Strong work ethic and integrity
Stable career history and positive can do approach
Entrepreneurial attitude prepared to take ownership
Track record of field sales achievement somewhere on CV
The Company:
100+ employees
£20m+ turnover
Part of a larger group
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: Social housing, local authorities, main contractor, specialist adapted bathroom sub contractor, HIAs, adapted bathrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, wetrooms, shower, bathroom furniture, brassware, tapware, sanitaryware, heating, radiators, boilers, plumbing, showers and all other KBB industry associated materials

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