Area Sales Manager – Window and Door Hardware

LE1, Leicester, City of Leicester

£50000/annum

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Window and Door Hardware

Industry Sector: Window & Door Hardware, Fenestration, Hardware, Components, Ventilation Products, Fabricators, Resellers, Trade & Retail, Construction, Ironmongery, Mechanical Locks, Door Handles, Cylinders and Door Locks, Friction Stays and Hinges, window handles, tilt & turn, reversible gearing etc.

Areas to be covered: East Midlands & East Anglia

Remuneration: £50,000 Neg. DOE

Benefits: £6,000 car allowance and benefits package

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Door Locks and Window Hardware will involve:

Field sales position selling predominantly a distributed range of window and door hardware components (small element of window & door ventilation products)
Selling into window & door fabricators (small element of selling to resellers)
90%+ account management role
Responsible for circa 200+ accounts (although 80% of the revenue comes from the top 20-30 customers)
Inheriting a turnover of circa £2.8m
Area exceeded budget last year
Typically 4 customer visits per day, four days per week (one day home working/ admin)

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Door Locks and Window Hardware with:

All door and window associated industry experience will be considered
Experience of having sold into window and door fabrications is advantageous but not essential
Technical knowledge may be advantageous, but is not essential as full product training will be provided
Proven account management/ relationship building skills
Grafter mentality, not afraid to put in the hours to be successful
Knowledge of window and door hardware/ components may be beneficial
Consultative in approach
Network on contacts within door and window fabricators is not essential
Comfortable with monthly reporting and diary planning
Self motivated, communicative, relationship builder with strong negotiation skills

The Company:

Market leading distributor
Fast growing UK business
Well established

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: Window & Door Hardware, Fenestration, Hardware, Components, Ventilation Products, Fabricators, Resellers, Trade & Retail, Construction, Ironmongery, Mechanical Locks, Door Handles, Cylinders and Door Locks, Friction Stays and Hinges, window handles, tilt & turn and reversible gearing

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