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Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Domestic Pumps

Industry Sector: Plumbing, Heating, Plumbers Merchants, Renewable Contractors, Plumbing & Heating Contractors, Buying Groups, Building Services, HVAC, Local Authorities and Housing Associations

Area to be covered: London & South East and Anglia

Based; Ideally Home Counties

Remuneration: £40,000 - £45,000 + 12.5% uncapped bonus

Benefits: Fully Expensed Plug-In Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Domestic Pumps will involve:

  • Field sales role selling manufactured range of domestic pumps

  • Predominantly selling into plumbing and heating merchants, small amount of time stimulating demand with plumbing and heating contractors/ installers

  • Inhering an area with 200+ live accounts, access to 800+ (60% nationals e.g. City Plumbing, UKPS, Plumb City, Wolseley) and 40% independents and buying group members from IPG, Fortis etc.

  • Growing the patch from £1m to £1.6m over the next 3-5 years

  • Four days a week on the road, one day WFH/ admin

  • Typically 45-50 plumbers merchant visits per month

  • Keeping a well organised CRM system

    The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – M&E Building Services with:

  • Proven field sales experience selling into plumbing and heating merchants

  • Open on products e.g. may consider tools field sales experience

  • Knowledge of domestic pumps is not essential as full product training will be provided

  • Stable career history

  • High energy

  • Open to all domestic building services products such as pumps, boilers, valves or other heating and ventilation H&V associated products

  • Technical ability

    The Company:

  • 60+ UK employees

  • Circa £40m UK turnover

  • Part of a large European group

  • Leading pump manufacturer

    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 Plumbing, Heating, Plumbers Merchants, Renewable Contractors, Plumbing & Heating Contractors, Buying Groups, Building Services, HVAC, Local Authorities and Housing Associations

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