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Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Huntingdon
3 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
PE29, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
£37,000 - £44,000 GBP yearly
Sales
Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Industry Sector: Schools & Nurseries, Local Authorities, Parish Councils, Landscape Architects, Leisure Operators and Community Groups
Area to be covered: Huntingdon, St Neots, Cambourne and Peterborough
Remuneration: £37,000-£44,000 + up to £20,000 Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed car or £650 car allowance & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment will involve:
* Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment
* Selling into local authorities, but also schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
* 70% new business within known/ existing relationships
* 30% new business development, calling on customer’s sites, conducting surveys etc. (sales into schools and community groups tends to be more new business driven)
* Typically 4 appointments per day, 4 days a week (one day working from home/ admin)
* Inheriting a warm area
* Average project size of circa £15,000
* Circa £1.5m revenue target
* Lots of sales support including field site visits with the Head of Sales
* Appoints set for you by internal co-ordinators
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment with:
* 3 years+ field sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets
* Ideally some formal structured sales training
* Previous experience working within the outdoor playground equipment sector is not required but may be advantageous
* Highly motivated with tonnes of energy and enthusiasm
* Any previous experience of selling into local authorities, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects or leisure operators may be advantageous
* Knowledge of outdoor playground equipment is not required as full product training will be provided
* Not afraid to put the hours in!
* Not job hoppers/ journey men
* Experience of identifying new opportunities coupled with excellent account management capability
* Computer literate
The Company:
* Established 40 years+
* Privately held, family-owned
* 15m+ turnover
* 100+ employees
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: playground equipment, local authorities, housing developers, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Industry Sector: Schools & Nurseries, Local Authorities, Parish Councils, Landscape Architects, Leisure Operators and Community Groups
Area to be covered: Huntingdon, St Neots, Cambourne and Peterborough
Remuneration: £37,000-£44,000 + up to £20,000 Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed car or £650 car allowance & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment will involve:
* Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment
* Selling into local authorities, but also schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
* 70% new business within known/ existing relationships
* 30% new business development, calling on customer’s sites, conducting surveys etc. (sales into schools and community groups tends to be more new business driven)
* Typically 4 appointments per day, 4 days a week (one day working from home/ admin)
* Inheriting a warm area
* Average project size of circa £15,000
* Circa £1.5m revenue target
* Lots of sales support including field site visits with the Head of Sales
* Appoints set for you by internal co-ordinators
The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment with:
* 3 years+ field sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets
* Ideally some formal structured sales training
* Previous experience working within the outdoor playground equipment sector is not required but may be advantageous
* Highly motivated with tonnes of energy and enthusiasm
* Any previous experience of selling into local authorities, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects or leisure operators may be advantageous
* Knowledge of outdoor playground equipment is not required as full product training will be provided
* Not afraid to put the hours in!
* Not job hoppers/ journey men
* Experience of identifying new opportunities coupled with excellent account management capability
* Computer literate
The Company:
* Established 40 years+
* Privately held, family-owned
* 15m+ turnover
* 100+ employees
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: playground equipment, local authorities, housing developers, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators