Specification Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products

Specification Sales Manager – Flooring & Interior Products

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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 Central – (postcodes – GU, KT, PO, RG, SL, SM, SO, SW, TW, UB & W)

Remuneration: £50,000‑£55,000 Neg. + up to £12,000 Commission and Up to £10,000 Bonus

Benefits:
Fully expensed Hybrid Car & Full Benefits

• 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 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
• Role will develop over time to spend more time with the A&D specifiers and less with the transactional flooring 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. £1.2m (historically achieved budget over last three years)
• New business position, although there will be a healthy project bank to inherit
• Targeting commercial buildings such as office blocks, 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

• 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 than technical, sold something aesthetically pleasing, ideally flooring related
• 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 the above industries.