Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

London Source: WhatJobs

£50,000–£55,000

Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings

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Industry Sector: Plumbing fittings, press fittings, copper pipe, accessories, valves, tooling, valves, stainless, carbon, plumbers merchants, builders merchants, distribution, mechanical contractors, plumbers, installers

Area to be covered: London & Home Counties

Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + 15-20% Bonus

Benefits: £500 car allowance + full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings will involve:

Field sales position, selling a distributed range of plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling
Selling into circa hundreds of trading merchant accounts, predominantly plumbers merchants but also plumbing and heating distributors
Inheriting an area that has not had dedicated full time field sales coverage
Tasked with growing turnover from £500,000 to £800,000
75% of your time looking after the plumbers merchants and plumbing and heating distributors
25% stimulating demand with mechanical contractors. Plumbers and plumbing and heating installers
4 days a week on the road in front of customers, typically 4 visits per day

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Plumbing Fittings with:

Proven field sales experience within the plumbing and heating industry
Must have sold into plumbers merchants
Ideally stimulated demand for plumbing products with mechanical contractors and plumbing installers
Familiarity with plumbing fitting, press fittings, pipe, ancillaries, accessories and tooling may be advantageous
Proven account management/ account development skills
Excellent territory planning skills
Contacts within distributors is not essential but may be useful
Incredibly pro-active, driven and motivated, prepared to manage the area as if it was your own business
Commercial acumen, resilient

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