Area Sales Manager

Our client, who is a leading manufacturer of domestic shower pumps, mains booster pumps and accessories, is looking for a successful Area Sales Manager to join the field sales team. You'll be covering North London, the Northern Home Counties and East Anglia, being RM, SS, CM, AL, HP, LU, SG, CO, CB, IP, NR and PE postcodes, selling to both national and independent builders merchants, plumbers merchants and distributors, as well as M&E contractors, Plumbers, installers, House Builders and social housing. Offering up to £50k basic, 25% bonus potential, company car, 6% pension, health-cover and other attractive benefits. If you sell to Merchants and Distributors, read on and APPLY TODAY!

-THE ROLE;

• Your role as Area Sales Manager, is to sell the company's manufactured range of shower pumps and mains booster products and accessories, largely used in the domestic, residential homes market.
• Projects would be a mix of new build and refurbishment on houses and flats in the private sector as well as some social housing.
• As Area Sales Manager / Business Development Manager, you will be account managing and developing a portfolio of a few hundred accounts, being national and independent builders merchants, plumbers merchants, buying groups and distributors, driving the demand by targeting contractors and installers.
• Covering North London, the Northern Home Counties and East Anglia.
• The territory covers the following postcodes; RM, SS, CM, AL, HP, LU, SG, CO, CB, IP, NR and PE.
• The Business Development Manager/ Area Sales Manager will be dealing with a multi-million pounds ledger.
• This is likely to be 70% account management and 30% new business.
• As the role develops, you'll also be increasingly calling on plumbers, installers, house builders and M&E contractors and then back-selling into your Plumbers Merchants, Builders Merchants and Distributors.

- THE COMPANY;

• Our client is a well established, highly regarded manufacturer, with commercial and industrial divisions, as well as this domestic, residential division.

- THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE;

• The successful candidate will ideally have sold for a Plumbers merchant/Builders Merchant or Distributor and be looking to progress their career with a manufacturer, or already be working for a manufacturer, with strong merchant and distributor route to market contacts and successes.
• Ideally the Area Sales Manager/BDM will have experience in the plumbing sector, although excellent training is offered.
• You will be a strong relationship builder, with a demonstrable track record of sales success and networking with businesses and understanding their commercial aims.
• You will be energetic, enthusiastic, ambitious, with a positive outlook.
• You will be looking for a long-term career, as our client has exciting plans and this role will develop in time to become more project led.

- THE REMUNERATION;

• Quarterly bonus potential of up to 25%
• Company car
• 25 days holiday, rising with service. Option to carry over up to 5 days unused holiday into the next year. Holiday rises with service.
• Bupa health-cover after 3 months probation.
• 2x life insurance.
• Mobile, laptop, all out of pocket expenses.

This is a great business. We've know the Sales Director for over 25 years and this business has exciting plans, so if you're ambitious and the role excites, please call the team at Chandler Harris Recruitment on or email your CV to

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