Full job descriptionArea Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters
Job reference Number: 875849-7390-26316
Industry Sector: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers
Area to be covered: Norfolk, London/Middlesex (North of Thames), Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Sussex, Essex and Leicestershire
Remuneration: £36,000 - £40,000 Neg. + £8,000-£10,000 commission
Benefits: Tesla Model Y & company benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters will involve:
*Field sales position selling a manufactured range of components and fabrics for blinds and shutters
*Direct sell into small business end users historically
*All of your time will be spent selling direct to the trade via: shutter and blind manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands andsub-contractors as well as merchants and blind retailers
*Inheriting a well-established area only available due to an internal promotion
*Currently turning over circa £3m
*95% account management role, circa 150-200 active spending customers on patch (average spend £40,000-£50,000 per annum)
*Typically three customers per day (some over teams), four days per week, one day working from home/ admin
*Majority of your work will be North side of London and up the M1 to Leicester
The ideal applicant will be Area Sales Manager – Blinds and Shutters with:
*Must have field sales experience selling direct to the trade
*Ideally experience selling into small business end users
*Preferably some experience selling into manufacturers, installers, contractors, independent one man bands and sub-contractors as well as merchants/ blind retailers
*Specific knowledge or blinds, shutters is not required
*Our client is very open on field sales product backgrounds such as; FMCG, building products
*Ideally with strong sales training and experience working in joint business planning
*Must be able to plan your own diary
*Account management capability/ relationships building skills
*Friendly team player with drive and enthusiasm


Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Sales Jobs, Construction sales vacancies and Specification sales positions within: Window Blinds, Fabrics, Textile Printing, Roller Blinds, Shutters, Interior Building Products, Installers, and Window Blind Manufacturers, fabricators, Installers, merchants and retailers