Area Sales Manager – Wood Flooring and Laminate

Area Sales Manager – Wood Flooring and Laminate Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Wood Flooring and Laminate Industry Sector: Flooring Accessories, Wooden Flooring, Laminate, SPC, Retail Showrooms, Flooring Shops, Trade Contractors, Installers and Fit-Out Contractors Areas to be covered: South – South East focus Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + 20% Bonus Benefits: EV or van & full benefits The role of the Area Sales Manager – Wood Flooring and Laminate will involve: • Field sales role selling our clients distributed range of laminate, engineered hardwood flooring and SPC flooring • 60% of your time focused on on-boarding a select number of flooring retail showrooms to work with our client on a n exclusive basis • Ultimately building up the retail partnerships from a hand full to 50+ • 40% of your time stimulating demand for the product via trade flooring installers • Our client is better known for flooring accessories such as sandpaper, adhesives, underlays etc. so an important aspect of the role will be to change the perception of business by the general public • Responsible for the South with a turnover of circa £2.5m (although 50% of this revenue will be managed by head office in respect of the existing accessories portfolio) The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Wood Flooring and Laminate with: • Ideally sold wood flooring or laminate • Must have sold into retail showrooms and ideally flooring installers • Ability to hit the ground running • No journeymen/leaflet dropper • Tonnes of hunger, energy and enthusiasm • New business tenacity • Network of contacts within existing flooring retailers/ shops may be advantageous • Knows and understand the market 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: Flooring Accessories, Wooden Flooring, Laminate, SPC, Retail Showrooms, Flooring Shops, Trade Contractors, Installers and Fit-Out Contractors