Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools

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Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools Job reference Number: Industry Sector: Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail Area to be covered: North & South Ireland - based Northern Ireland Remuneration: Up to £42,000 Neg. + Up to £15,000 Commission Benefits: Hybrid Company car and full benefits package The role of the Area Sales Manager – Plumbing and Pipe Tools will involve: Field based position selling plumbing and pipe tools 60% into national and 40% independent plumbers merchants and buying groups 95% account management role Managing circa 160-170 customers (60% Northern Ireland, 40% Republic Ireland) Ledger responsibility £1.2m Typically 5 customer visits per day four days a week (unless conducting a trade morning/ demonstrating the products) work from home on Mondays to set appointments for the week/ administration Customers include; PTS, BSS, Heat Merchants and numerous Irish Nationals Using social media as a sales tool for the sales region, KPI driven/ commission element (3 x Instagram’s and 3 x LinkedIn posts) Ensuring all POS is up to standard Demonstrating products to end users Work to re-activate non/ low spending accounts The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager– Plumbing and Pipe Tools with: Must have sold to plumbers merchants Open to a sales person who has worked for a plumbers merchants Ability to utilise social media as a sales tool would be a huge advantage Field sales experience is preferred, but open to other face to face environments Keen, hungry and with an attitude of wanting to learn and progress Good organisational and time management skills Ability to build and develop lasting relationships with customers Plumbing and pipe tools knowledge is not essential Self-motivated ‘go-getter’ with a flexible approach Able to manage and prioritise accounts The Company: Global company Est. 65 years+ Industry leader 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: Plumbing merchants, Plumbers Merchants, Plumbing tools, Pipe Tools, Building Merchants, Buying Groups, Building, Plumbing, Plumbers, Heating, Tools & Retail