Area Sales Manager – Construction Plant & Tool Hire

Area Sales Manager Construction Plant & Tool Hire

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Construction Plant & Tool Hire
Industry Sector: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste Contractors
Area to be covered: North East to East Midlands – based near West Yorkshire

Remuneration: £42,000 Neg. + 10% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed Hybrid Car or Car Allowance & Full Benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Construction Plant & Tool Hire will involve:

• Field sales role, selling a distributed range of construction plant & tool hire, predominantly small plant such as mixers, saws, trench rammers etc. (huge portfolio) also selling excavators, dumpers, dozers and telehandlers etc.


• 80% construction plant sales, 20% groundcare equipment


• Selling into plant hire companies who supply to building contractors, main contractors, housebuilder developers, archaeologists and waste/ recycling contractors as well as smaller independent plant companies and groundcare contractors


• Often used as an infill distributor when usual suppliers come up short


• Reasonable for  an area only available due to a retirement


• £6-8m ledger, currently preforming just below budget (mainly due to the market)


• Responsible for approx. 150 plant hire customers on patch, each with an average turnover of £10,000, but can be £50,000+


• Technical role, need to understand mechanics, tools etc.


• Multiple customer sites visits daily

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Construction Plant & Tool Hire with:

• 2-3 years proven track record of construction field sales success


• Construction hire industry experience preferred


• Open to plant hire, tool hire, groundcare hire such as landscaping products


• Will also consider builders merchant experience, either having worked for or sold into merchants and distributors as well as other plant hire compnaies


• Preferable some formal sales training


• Mechanically minded


• Looking for a career move and longevity


• Specific knowledge of mixers, saws, trench rammers etc  is not essential


• Contacts within plant hire companies may be useful


• Physically fit

The Company:

• Established 50 years+


• 50 employees


• Privately held


• Leading UK equipment distributor

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: Small Plant Hire, Mixers, Saws, Trench Rammers, Excavators, Dumpers, Dozers, Telehandlers, Construction, Plant Hire companies, Civil Engineering Contractors, Landscaping Contractors, Groundcare Contractors, End Users, Machinery, Main Contactors, Housebuilder Developers, Recycling/ Waste Contractors