Sales Manager - Plant & Earthworks

Sales Manager – Plant Hire & Earthworks

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Industry sector: BDM, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Head of Sales, External Sales, Plant Sales, Area Sales Representative, Sales Rep, Plant Hire, Civils, Heavy Plant, Aggregates, Heavyside Building Products, Drainage, Hard Landscaping, Civils Merchant, Geotechnical, Ground Engineering, Ground workers, Civil Engineering, Builders Merchant, Trade Counter, Trade Counter Sales, Heavyside Products

Office based in Chorley (90% of your time / 10% on the road). Area to be covered:
North West.

Remuneration: £40,000 – £55,000 (negotiable). Benefits:
Company car / allowance, NEST pension, and standard benefits.

• Sales Manager position selling a distributed range of plant hire, civils and earthworks products.
• Responsible for management and growth of the external sales team.
• Initially, a purely new business role focused on creating sales and relationships.
• Selling into large house builders, main-contractors, subcontractors, developers and general public.
• Deal with inbound customer enquiries in person and via telephone & email.
• Perform cost‑benefit and needs analysis of existing/potential customers to meet their business demands.
• Create, establish, develop and maintain strong business and customer relationships.
• Ensure excellent account management and customer service for existing clients.
• Order values ranging up to £5m.

• Extensive sales experience within plant machinery, civils & drainage, earthworks aggregates, heavyside building products, tools, fencing, sleepers, planks or related market sectors.
• Experience selling to large house builders, main‑contractors, or blue‑chip companies.
• Proven experience managing / growing a team (preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• IT literate (Microsoft Office).
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, reliable and ambitious.
• Exceptional standards of customer service.

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist construction sales recruitment consultancy with an enviable reputation in the marketplace. We pride ourselves on surpassing client and candidate expectations again and again. Our core focus is within the building materials area, and includes the following sectors: BDM, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Head of Sales, External Sales, Plant Sales, Area Sales Representative, Sales Rep, Plant Hire, Civils, Heavy Plant, Aggregates, Heavyside Building Products, Drainage, Hard Landscaping, Civils Merchant, Geotechnical, Ground Engineering, Ground workers, Civil Engineering, Builders Merchant, Trade Counter, Trade Counter Sales, Heavyside Products.