Area Sales Manager Wood Repair Resins and Fillers

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Overview

Job Title: Specification Account Manager Wood Repair Resins and Fillers

Industry: Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Specifiers, Heritage Companies, Property Management Companies, Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Joinery Sub-Contractors, Painting & Decorating Merchants, and General Builders Merchants

Area to be covered: North, ideally based near M62

Remuneration: £40,000-£44,000 + 10% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

Responsibilities

• Field sales position, selling epoxy resins and fillers for wood repair
• 40% of time spent winning specifications with predominantly quantity surveyors and architects and other specifiers within local authorities, heritage companies and property management organisations
• 30% stimulating demand for product with main contractors and specialist joinery and timber sub-contractors
• 20% managing relationships with paint manufacturers and conducting project visits and related admin
• 10% managing relationships with ~400 painting & decorating merchants (quarterly visits)
• Inheriting an area with a turnover of circa £500,000
• Aim to grow the area by 20%
• Initially 50% new business development, 50% account management
• Work in a buddy system with a Technical Account Manager for site inspections, surveys, and training
• Project sizes up to £30,000, with an average order value of £10,000-£20,000
• Social media savvy

Qualifications

• Field sales experience within the building products/construction industry (ideally 2+ years)
• Must have sold to contractors and/or specifiers and understand the specification sales process
• Ideally sold related products (e.g., resins, fillers, grouts, adhesives, coatings, paints or timber/joinery products)
• Experience selling a manufactured range (not from a merchant background)
• Ideally has contacts within quantity surveyors, architects, local authorities, heritage companies or property management organisations
• Ability to communicate and build relationships with main contractors or sub-contractors (joinery/timber)
• Outgoing, empathetic, with strong interpersonal skills
• Team player, comfortable working in a buddy system

Company

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy with 30 years of experience, a turnover of £4m+, and over 12 employees. The company focuses on building materials sectors including epoxy, resins, fillers, grouts, windows, timber, architectural paint, remedial work, adhesives, local authorities, architects, main contractors, social housing, housing associations, joinery sub-contractors, quantity surveyors, specifiers, heritage companies, property management companies, and painting & decorating merchants.