Area Sales Manager – Building Envelope

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10 months ago
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Job Title: Regional Sales Manager – Building Envelope & Roofing Products

Industry Sector: Area Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Insulation, Acoustic Flooring, Building Envelope, Membranes, Interior Membranes, Drylining, Cladding, Insulation, Curtain Walling, Rainscreens, Facades, Glazing, Timberframe, Airtightness, Roofing, Protective Coatings, Roofing, Airtight Membranes, Building Envelope Solutions, Gas Protection Systems, D&B Contractors, Main Contractors

Area to be covered: South West & Wales (Wales, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire)

Remuneration: £45,000 - £48,000 + £8,000 - £9,000 bonus

Benefits: hybrid company car and comprehensive benefits package

The role of the Regional Sales Manager – Building Envelope & Roofing Products will involve:

  • Field sales position selling a high quality manufactured range of thermal insulation, acoustic flooring, membranes and gas protection products

  • All of your time will be spent selling to a mixed route to market via architects, builders merchants, merchants, distributors, stockist, housebuilders, local authorities, housing associations, engineers, contractors

  • Will deal with architects and specifiers however a much smaller element

  • Dealing with order values ranging from £5k -£100k depending on size and scope

  • Inheriting a successful territory

  • Will be required to conduct regular CPD’s

  • Will work closely with internal team and other members of the sales team

    The ideal applicant will be an Regional Sales Manager – Building Envelope & Roofing Products with:

  • Must have construction field sales experience selling building products

  • Ideally building envelope related

  • Must have sold to merchants, distribution and stockist OR design & build contractors, authorities, housebuilders, main contractors, sub-contractors, civil contractors and specifiers (ideally both)

  • Able to communicate at all levels from architects, merchants and contractors

  • Must have genuine desire to learn and expand your career

  • Numerate and IT literate ideally degree level education

  • Genuine hunger, desire to achieve goals and an analytical approach

    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 arena, and includes such sectors as: Area Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Insulation, Acoustic Flooring, Building Envelope, Membranes, Interior Membranes, Drylining, Cladding, Insulation, Curtain Walling, Rainscreens, Facades, Glazing, Timberframe, Airtightness, Roofing, Protective Coatings, Roofing, Airtight Membranes, Building Envelope Solutions, Gas Protection Systems, D&B Contractors, Main Contractors

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