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Area Sales Manager – Electrical Components

Manchester
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Area Sales Manager – Electrical Components
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Electrical Components
Industry Sector: Electrical Wholesale, Electrical Contractors, Specifiers, End Users, Consumer Units, 3 Phase, Wiring Accessories, Test Instrumentation, Control and Automation
Area to be covered: North West
Remuneration: £35,000 + £44,000 (Neg.) + £8,000 Bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car or EV & Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Electrical Components will involve:

  • Field sales role, selling an imported range of electrical components into electrical wholesalers
  • Small amount of time stimulating demand for electrical products with electrical contractors, specifiers and end users
  • Predominantly promoting consumer units, 3 phase, wiring accessories, test instrumentation, control and automation
  • Responsible for an area achieving circa £1.8m, currently performing in line with budget expectations
  • Managing and developing approx. 250 electrical wholesalers
  • Typically 4-6 electrical wholesale customer visits per day
  • 4.5 days a week on the road, half a day home/ admin
  • Mix of new business and account development
    The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Electrical Components with:
  • Must have either worked for or sold to electrical wholesale
  • Strong work ethic
  • Commission hungry
  • Resilient
  • Customer focused
  • Likeable relationship builder who is autonomous and reliable
  • Enthusiastic, team player with strong communication skills
  • Dynamic and driven
    The Company:
  • Est. 60 years+
  • Circa £20m turnover
  • Privately held
  • 50 employees
    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: Electrical Wholesale, Electrical Contractors, Specifiers, End Users, Consumer Units, 3 Phase, Wiring Accessories, Test Instrumentation, Control and Automation

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