Area Sales Manager – Tile Industry in Leeds - CV-Library

Area Sales Manager – Tile Industry

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Tile Industry

Industry Sector: Tiles, Ceramics, Bathrooms, KBB, Independent Retail Showrooms and Distribution

Area to be covered: North of Manchester (includes whole of Yorkshire)

Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + 1% commission

Benefits: Fully expensed electric or hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Specification Sales Manager – Tile Industry will involve:

* Field sales position selling a distributed range of ceramic tiles

* Selling into independent tile and bathroom showrooms

* Predominantly an account development role

* Responsible for circa 90-100 active customers and hundreds and passive accounts

* Traditionally the area has been achieving approx. £700,000, currently performing circa 25% down

* Area due to a retirement

* Ultimately the goal will be to grow the area to £1m+

* Utilising your own network of independent tile and/ or bathroom retail showrooms

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager – Tile Industry with:

* Field sales track record within the associated tile or bathroom industry

* Must have sold into independent retail customers

* Ideally you will have existing relationships within independent retail showrooms on patch

* Proven field sales experience in an associated industry to ceramic tiles, such as flooring, walls, other interior building products etc. may be considered with strong network of customer contacts

* Enthusiastic, self-motivated and driven

* Specific knowledge of ceramics is preferred not essential

* Excellent territory planning capability

The Company:

* Est. 50 years+

* Circa £60m group turnover

* Approx. 100 employees

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: Tiles, Ceramics, Bathrooms, KBB, Independent Retail Showrooms and Distribution