Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks

Mitchell Maguire
Bolton Green, Lancashire, PR7 5JS, United Kingdom
2 months ago
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Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks
Job Title: Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks
Job reference Number: (phone number removed)
Industry Sector: BDM, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Head of Sales, External Sales, Plant Sales, Area Sales Representative, Sales Rep, Plant Hire, Civils, Heavy Plant, Aggregates, Heavyside Building Products, Drainage, Hard Landscaping, Civils Merchant, Geotechnical, Ground Engineering, Groundworkers, Civil Engineering, Builders Merchant, Trade Counter, Trade Counter Sales, Heavyside Products
Office based in Chorley (90% of your time / 10% on the road)
Area to be covered: North West
Remuneration: £40,000 - £55,000neg
Benefits: Company car / allowance, NEST pension and standard benefits
The role of the Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks will involve:

  • Sales Manager position selling a distributed range of plant hire, civils and earthworks products
  • Responsible for management and growth of the external sales team
  • Initially, a purely new business role focused on creating sales and relationships
  • Selling into large house builders, main-contractors, subcontractors, developers and general public
  • Deal with inbound customer enquiries in person and via telephone & email
  • Perform cost-benefit and needs analysis of existing/potential customers to meet their business demands
  • Create, establish, develop and maintain strong business and customer relationships
  • Ensure excellent account management and customer service for existing clients
  • Order values ranging up to £5m
    The ideal applicant will be a Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks with:
  • Must have extensive Sales experience within plant machinery, civils & drainage, earthworks aggregates, heavyside building products, tools, fencing, sleepers, planks or related market sectors
  • Ideally have Sales experience selling to Large House Builders, Main-Contractors, or Blue-Chip Companies
  • Proven experience managing / growing a team would be greatly preferable
  • Excellent communications skills both written and verbal
  • IT literate (Microsoft Office)
  • Self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, reliable and ambitious
  • Exceptional standards of customer service
    Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, with an enviable reputation in the marketplace. We pride ourselves on surpassing client and candidate expectations again and again. Our core focus is within the building materials area, and includes the following sectors: BDM, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Head of Sales, External Sales, Plant Sales, Area Sales Representative, Sales Rep, Plant Hire, Civils, Heavy Plant, Aggregates, Heavyside Building Products, Drainage, Hard Landscaping, Civils Merchant, Geotechnical, Ground Engineering, Groundworkers, Civil Engineering, Builders Merchant, Trade Counter, Trade Counter Sales, Heavyside Products

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