Area Sales Manager – Retail Distribution

Bristol, Somerset
Mitchell Maguire

Area Sales Manager – Retail Distribution

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Retail DistributionIndustry 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

Area to be covered: South West & Wales

Postcodes: LL, SY, SA, LD, CA, NP, HR, GL, SN, BS, BA, SP, BH, DT, TA, EX, TQ, PL, TR

Remuneration: £28,000 – £30,000neg + £6,000 bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed BMW Car or Car Allowance & Full BenefitsThe role of the Area Sales Manager – Retail Distribution 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 to merchants, timber merchants and decorative merchants
• 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 advise 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
• Working for a key supply in the very niche decorative paint marketplace
• Full training will be required

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Retail Distribution with:

• Ideally working for a retailer, merchant or wholesaler looking for 1st field sales role
• Prior field 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
• Knowledge of related ancillary products such as paint brushes or step ladders may be of interest
• Good numeracy skills
• Hungry to learn with an appetite to succeed
• Energy, passion and enthusiasm
• Strong commercial, networking and presentation skills

The Company:

• Est. circa 30 years
• Privately held
• Leading manufacturer and supplier within the decorative paint marketplace

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