Area Sales Manager Plumbing and Heating

Job Title: Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating

Industry Sector: M&E Contractors, HVAC Contractors, Plumbing & Heating Contractors, M&E Consultants, Building Services Consultants and Plumbing & Heating Merchants

Area to be covered: Midlands and South

Remuneration: £40,000 Neg. + 20-25% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed hybrid car & full benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating will involve:

Technical field sales position selling a large manufactured range of valves, thermostatic control products, pipes, HIUs (heat interface units) and manifolds

Promoting products and solutions for isolation, regulation and control of heating and domestic water services

Typically targeting hospitals, schools, health centres, housing associations, commercial and large public buildings

50% New business and 50% account development role, you will be inheriting an area which has not had dedicated field sales representation but does have some large accounts that are spending a small amount currently

Targeted to increase turnover from £150,000 to £250,000 in year one

Responsible for approx. 60-80 trading accounts

Majority of your time will be spent with M&E contractors, HVAC contractors, mechanical contractors or plumbing and building services contractors

The remainder of your time winning specifications with consulting engineers, local authorities, M&E consultants, other specifiers and some small independent plumbers merchants via a deal with UKPS

Excellent field sales support

6 calls per day, plus 2 calls per week with consultants

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Plumbing & Heating with:

Sales experience with the plumbing and heating industry, ideally sold to contractor customers

Mechanical engineering/ building services industry background not essential

Ideally some technical field sales experience with M&E contractors, HVAC contractors or building services contractors

Specification field sales experience with M&E consultants, and consulting engineers is not essential

Passionate with tonnes of determination, drive and tenacity

Building services / HVAC construction industry contacts would be useful

Must be a team player and have the ability and personality to integrate into a team working environment

Business acumen and negotiating skills

Preferably with prior experience within commercial, healthcare and local authority sectors

The Company:

Well established

15+ UK employees

Circa £5m UK turnover

Part of a large European group with turnover in excess of €100m

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: HVAC, M&E, thermostatic control products, pipes manifolds, fittings, pumps, boilers, calorifier, heat exchanges, boiler, HIUs (heat interface units), valves, safety valve, compression fitting, couplings, repair clamps, regulators, ball valves, gas controls, strainers, backflow preventers, boilers, plumbing, insulation, heating and all other associated M&E building services solutions.

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