Specification Sales Manager - Flooring & Interior Products

Specification Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products

Job Title: Specification Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products

Job reference Number: 673431-2888-25293

Industry Sector: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities

Area to be covered: South West and South Wales

Remuneration: £50,000-£55,000 Neg. + up to £10,000 Uncapped Commission

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

The role of the Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products will involve:

• Field sales role selling a full range of manufactured floor coverings / carpet tiles
• Promoting multi-loop and low level loop carpet tiles as well as some ranges of FRS (full repeatable scroll)
• Selling into predominantly architects and interior designers (A&D), but also: fit-out contractors, property developers, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management, local authorities and main contractors
• Working alongside another trade field sales professional responsible for account managing direct flooring contractor accounts on the area
• Inheriting an area with a turnover of approx. £750,000-£800,000
• Targeted to achieve £1.2m
• New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit
• Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks as well as the education sector: schools, universities & colleges and a small amount of healthcare
• Utilising ABI leads and in-house CRM database
• Project sizes from 500m2, typically £10,000 upwards project value

The ideal applicant will be a Specification Sales Manager Flooring & Interior Products with:

• Must have a proven track record of selling into the architects or interior designers (A&D) specification marketplace
• Ideally from the flooring/ carpet industry
• Open to interior products such as: wall coverings, fabric, ceiling, partitioning or furniture
• Contacts within fit-out contractors, universities, colleges, end users, building surveyors, letting agents, estate management and local authorities are not essential
• Tactile sales background rather that technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
• Carpet knowledge not essential
• Team player
• Energy, passion and Enthusiasm
• Strong commercial 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: Carpet, Carpet Tile, Flooring, Interiors, A&D, Architects and Interior Designers, Specifiers, Flooring Contractors, Fit-Out Contractors, Education, Building Surveyors, Letting Agents, Estate Management and Local Authorities