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Field Sales / Area Sales Manager (Playground Solutions) OTE £55K
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- Salary
- From £27,000 to £55,000 per year
- Location
- Gloucester
- Job term
- Permanent
- Job hours
- Full time
Field Sales / Area Sales Manager (Playground Solutions) OTE £55K
Our client is the market-leading designers and manufacturers of children’s playgrounds in the UK, employing 100; Privately owned since 1876.
What was seen as a traditional industry has now been transformed into a state of the art, innovative market. The last 4 years has seen them revolutionise their product portfolio design and marketing strategy, as well as acquiring two further businesses within this industry sector. As a result, they have some of the most innovative playground solutions.
Position: Area Sales Manager
Location: Gloucester, Worcester, Mid and South Wales
Salary: £27K Basic OTE £40-55K
Benefits: Company car (range available), Contrib. Pension, Mobile Phone, Laptop, home broadband and printer, 25 days holiday.
ROLE:
They now have a vacancy and wish to recruit a result-orientated sales professional to sell their playscape solutions. If you have previous sales experience and the drive and passion to succeed as a Field Sales / Area Sales Manager then our client would love to hear from you.
This is not an 8-10 calls a day sales reps role. This is a 3-5 calls a day within a local authority / council / housing developer, developing relations with key decision makers and identifying current and future opportunities to tender. There are 32 major local authorities on patch, each with on average of 3 key decision makers per local authority.
As part of the role you will also have the support of an internal team which comprises of individuals responsible for quotations / submissions; landscape play design; management and administrative staff. You will also have a dedicated office advisor for your area.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
a) To sell playground solutions to Local Authorities, Residential Builders & Developers
b) Qualify the customer requirements and advise on the best playscape solution depending upon the specific demographics being catered for.
c) Undertake site surveys to determine access, ground conditions and dimensions, and take relevant photographic evidence to help with the design. Once collated, design the playscape solutions (full training provided on a bespoke playscape CAD system). On larger, more complex solutions, you are fully supported by a dedicated design team based at their head office.
d) Formalise and prepare tender documents for submission to client.
e) Working in conjunction with the Sales Director and internal support team, convert those tenders into actual orders, maximising company margin and profits.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:
a) you will need proven sales experience with evidence of nurturing and developing relationships, identify sales opportunities and have the wherewithal to convert them into confirmed orders.
b) If you are not driven to earn serious money with the effort that is involved in doing so; this role is not for you.
c) They are genuinely open on the sales background you come from.
d) This is not a quick sell. It takes time, patience, planning, persuasive selling skills, and perseverance to win contracts. They need individuals who have these attributes.
e) Computer literacy is essential, with skills in Word, Excel, Outlook and the ability to learn and use AutoCAD ( please note that full training will be provided, so no previous experience of AutoCAD is required).
You may have experience of the following: Field Sales Executive, Business Development, Area Sales Manager, Town Planner, Urban Regeneration, Landscape Designer, Account Manager, Sales Executive, Play Area, Product Development, Playground Equipment, Architect etc.
This vacancy is being advertised by Easy Web Recruitment, the UK’s leading Online Recruitment Agency. The services advertised by Easy Web Recruitment are those of an employment agency. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age for this role.
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