Full job descriptionArea Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment
Job reference Number: 943828-5505-26281
Industry Sector: Schools & Nurseries, Local Authorities, Parish Councils, Landscape Architects, Leisure Operators and Community Groups
Preferably located Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot, Newbury, Thatcham area
Area to be covered: Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight
Remuneration: £37,000-£44,000 + up to £20,000 Commission
Benefits: Fully expensed car or £650 car allowance & full benefits
The role of the Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment will involve:
*Field based position, selling the design, manufacture and install of outdoor playground equipment
*Selling into local authorities, but also schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators
*70% new business within known/ existing relationships
*30% new business calling on customer’s sites, conducting surveys etc. (sales into schools and community groups tends to be more new business driven)
*Typically 4 appointments per day, 4 days a week (one day working from home/ admin)
*Inheriting a warm area
*Average project size of circa £15,000
*Circa £1.5m revenue target
*Lots of sales support including field site visits with the Head of Sales
*Appoints set for you by internal co-ordinators


The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager – Outdoor Playground Equipment with:
*3 years+ field sales experience with a track record of exceeding targets
*Ideally some formal structured sales training
*Previous experience working within the outdoor playground equipment sector is not required but may be advantageous
*Highly motivated with tonnes of energy and enthusiasm
*Any previous experience of selling into local authorities, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects or leisure operators may be advantageous
*Knowledge of outdoor playground equipment is not required as full product training will be provided
*Not afraid to put the hours in!
*Not job hoppers/ journey men
*Experience of identifying new opportunities coupled with excellent account management capability
*Computer literate




The Company:
*Established 40 years+
*Privately held, family-owned
*15m+ turnover
*100+ employees




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: playground equipment, local authorities, housing developers, schools & nurseries, parish councils, landscape architects and leisure operators