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
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