Specification Sales Manager – High Pressure Laminate Surfaces

Mitchell Maguire

Specification Sales Manager – High Pressure Laminate Surfaces

Job Title: A&D Specification Sales Manager – High Pressure Laminate SurfacesIndustry Sector: Architects, Interior Designers, Design & Build, D&B, Retail Store Interiors, A&D, Main Contractors, Shop Fitting, Fabricators and Fit Out ContractorsArea to be covered: LondonRemuneration: £50,000-£60,000 Neg. + £5,000 Bonus

Benefits: Eclectic Car & Full Benefits PackageThe role of the Specification Sales Manager – High Pressure Laminate Surfaces will involve:

• Field sales position selling our clients manufactured range of high pressure laminate HPL and materials for interior design
• Targeting a wide variety of sectors including: commercial, education, healthcare, transport, hospitality and retail to name just a few (end users include schools, hospitals, high street stores, commercial office, sports centres, student accommodation, airports etc)
• Majority of your time will be spent in London targeting the top 200 A&D practises advising architects and interior designers in respect of product information, (e.g. sizes, choice of colours etc), training, technical advice, trend presentations and support
• Remainder of time with fabricators and D&B design and build contractors
• Inheriting a project bank of circa £12m, with a view to growing the “funnel” value to £20m (recording £125,000 of projects on our clients CRM system per week)
• Tasked with achieving approx £5-6m revenue
• Project sixes up to £150,000 but an average order value circa £20,000
• Achieving five calls per day on average

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager – High Pressure Laminate Surfaces with:

• Must have a proven field sales specification background within interior building products
• Open to a wide variety of decorative, tactile / aesthetically pleasing interior products such as; carpets, curtains, lighting, fabrics, flooring, wall coverings, textiles, paint etc
• Ideally specification sales experience with A&D architects and interior designers in the London community
• Comfortable building relationships with architects and interior designers in London, including lunch & learns, CPD’s and other social appointments
• Self sufficient problem solver with a learn as you develop attitude
• Sales attributes such as negotiation skills, commercial awareness and strong decision making will be advantageous

The Company:

• Est. 60 years+
• European manufacture
• Circa €180m turnover (£10m UK turnover)

If your experience matches the requirements above please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Maguire, simply apply by forwarding us a copy of your CV. Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 5 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.

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: A&D, HPL, materials for interior design, high pressure laminates, Carpets, Curtains, Fabrics, Wall Coverings, Lighting, Wall & Floor Tiles, Decorative Tiles, Interiors, Soft Furnishing, Interior Fit Outs, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, and other associated decorative or interior products.