Area Sales Manager – Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles

Industry Sector: Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiles, Kitchen Worktops, Large Format Slabs, KBB, Kitchen & Bathroom Retailers, Independent Retailers, Builders Merchants, Tile Importers and Tile Distributors

Area to be covered: South East and Anglia

Based: near Greater London

Remuneration: £40,000-£55,000 + £5,000-£10,000 Bonus

Benefits: Fully Expensed Ford Ranger & Benefits

The role of the Area Sales Manager – Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles will involve:

• Field sales role selling predominantly a manufactured range of wall & floor ceramic tiles, but also large format  slabs for kitchen worktops
• Responsible for circa 30 tile distributors who service customers buying direct from Spain (80% of turnover)
• Responsible for circa another 30 independent bathroom retailers, where customers buy from UK subsidiary
• Helping to implement new company strategy which focuses on customers that are spending between €60,000-€250,000 per annum (commercial tiles via distribution and large format slabs for kitchen worktops via independent bathroom retailers
• 50% of your tie with the tile distributors (currently circa £700,000 turnover) and 50% with tiles retailers – (circa £370,000)
•  and approx. 5 importers
• 50% account management, 50% new business development role (70% account management after 2 years)
• Circa 15 customer visits per day
• Overnight stays when required, and travel 3-4 times a year to Spain and Italy
• Assisting with merchandising, training, developing and nurturing bathroom retailers

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles with:

• Tile industry field sales experience
• Retail/ tile merchant or distribution customer experience preferred
• Worked for or sold to a tile distributor or independent bathroom retailers or tile merchant
• Hard working and honest
• Willing to travel/ stay overnight when required
• Professional and prepared with strong organisation and territory management capability
• Prepared to do high UK mileage and happy to travel abroad when required

The Company:

• Leading European manufacturer of ceramic tiles
• Small UK subsidiary
• Est. circa 15 years UK

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: Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiles, Kitchen Worktops, Large Format Slabs, KBB, Kitchen & Bathroom Retailers, Independent Retailers, Builders Merchants, Tile Importers and Tile Distributors