Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters in Northampton

Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters

Industry Sector: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers

Area to be covered: Norfolk, London/Middlesex  (North of Thames), Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Sussex, Essex and Leicestershire

Remuneration: £36,000 - £40,000 Neg. + £8,000-£10,000 commission  

Benefits: Tesla Model Y & company benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters will involve:

• Field sales position selling a manufactured range of components and fabrics for blinds and shutters
• Direct sell into small business end users historically
• All of your time will be spent selling direct to the trade via: shutter and blind manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands and  sub-contractors as well as merchants and blind retailers
• Inheriting a well-established area only available due to an internal promotion
• Currently turning over circa £3m
• 95% account management role, circa 150-200 active spending customers on patch (average spend £40,000-£50,000 per annum)
• Typically three customers per day (some over teams), four days per week, one day working from home/ admin
• Majority of your work will be North side of London and up the M1 to Leicester

The ideal applicant will be Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters with:

• Must have field sales experience selling direct to the trade
• Ideally experience selling into small business end users
• Preferably some experience selling into manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands and  sub-contractors as well as merchants/ blind retailers
• Specific knowledge or blinds, shutters is not required
• Our client is very open on field sales product backgrounds such as; FMCG, building products
• Ideally with strong sales training and experience working in joint business planning
• Must be able to plan your own diary
• Account management capability/ relationships building skills
• Friendly team player with drive and enthusiasm

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, and Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers