Area Sales Manager - Paint & Coatings
Area Sales Manager - Paint & Coatings
Job Title: Area Sales Manager - Paint & Coatings
Industry Sector: Coatings, Varnishes, Decorative Paint, Specialist Paints, Adhesives, Decorating Wholesalers, Timber Merchants, Builders Merchants, Paint Merchants, Interior Design and Painting & Decorating Contractors, Retail, Field Sales, Area Sales Manager, Account Management, Business Development, Sales, Sales Executive, Sales Advisor
Area to be covered: East
Postcodes: LU, CM, CO, SG, MK, NN, CB, IP, LE, PE, NR, LN, DN, HU, YO, TS, RM, SS, EC, E, IG, WD, EN, AL
Remuneration: £28,000 - £30,000neg + up to £8,000 bonus
Benefits: Fully expensed Hyundai Car & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager - Paint & Coatings will involve:
- Field sales role promoting our clients manufactured range of coatings / varnishes, decorative paint, specialist paints and adhesives
- All of your time will be spent selling into national paint distributors / wholesalers & decorative merchants such as; Dulux, Crown Paints & Johnsons with the occasional sale into smaller independents
- You will be targeted on retaining and looking after existing accounts as well as bringing on new accounts within your area
- Developing a solid product knowledge to enable you to offer superb advice and expertise to customers as well as product training
- 85% of your time will focus on account development, as our client is only really exploiting a small proportion of most customers’ account potential (improved point of sale, better
- 15% of your time will be new business focussed; recruiting new accounts and stimulating demand with customers displays, demonstrations etc)
- Order values can vary between £250 and £7000
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager - Paint & Coatings with:
- Ideally working for a retailer, merchant or wholesaler looking for 1st field sales role
- Prior sales experience selling into paint distributors, timber merchants, builders merchants, decorative merchants and independent retailers will also be considered
- Previous knowledge or experience within the decorative / paint industry is not required
- Must have a desire to learn and grow within a company
- Good numeracy skills
- Hungry to learn with an appetite to succeed
- Energy, passion and enthusiasm
- Strong commercial, networking and presentation skills
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: Coatings, Varnishes, Decorative Paint, Specialist Paints, Adhesives, Decorating Wholesalers, Timber Merchants, Builders Merchants, Paint Merchants, Interior Design and Painting & Decorating Contractors, Retail, Field Sales, Area Sales Manager, Account Management, Business Development, Sales, Sales Executive, Sales Advisor
Reference: 52891647
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