Account Manager

Regional Sales Manager

€50,000–€55,000 base, up to €10,000 OTE, company car, pension, laptop, and 22 days’ holiday.

The Company

Our client is a long-established manufacturer operating within the construction and building products sector. The business has a strong reputation in the Irish market and supplies a range of quality products into residential and landscaping applications.

With an established customer base and strong internal support, the company continues to grow its presence across the Irish market and is looking to strengthen its regional sales team.

The Role

This is a Regional Sales Manager position covering a territory across the West and Midlands of Ireland.

The role will focus on developing existing accounts while proactively identifying and converting new business opportunities. Approximately 60% of the role will be new business development, with the remainder focused on managing and growing established customer relationships.

Customers will primarily be residential and landscaping contractors, alongside selected builders' merchants. The successful candidate will build relationships from procurement through to contracts management and will be responsible for promoting a range of construction and landscaping products.

The role is predominantly field-based, with 4–5 days per week spent on the road.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing new business across the assigned territory.
• Managing and growing existing customer accounts.
• Building strong relationships with contractors and merchants.
• Promoting the company's product range across residential and landscaping projects.
• Identifying and converting new sales opportunities.
• Managing a structured sales pipeline and call cycle.
• Working towards an annual sales target of approximately €1.2m.
• Monitoring customer requirements, enquiries, pricing, and market opportunities.
• Working closely with internal teams to support quotations and customer requirements.

Career Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established and successful construction products business with a strong position in the Irish market.

The successful candidate will inherit an established customer base while having significant scope to develop new business and grow the territory further.

The business has a strong internal support structure, including teams handling quotations and other customer requirements, allowing the Regional Sales Manager to focus primarily on developing relationships and driving sales.

It would suit an ambitious field sales professional who enjoys a combination of account management and new business development and wants to build a long-term career within the construction products sector.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years' field sales experience, ideally within construction, building products, or a related industry. Experience selling to contractors would be particularly advantageous.

The right person will be:

• Ambitious, driven, and commercially focused.
• Confident developing new business.
• Comfortable building relationships with contractors and senior stakeholders.
• Resilient and able to handle the challenges of a field-based sales role.
• Naturally outgoing and confident communicating with customers.
• Organised and capable of planning and managing their own territory.
• Comfortable balancing new business development with account management.
• Target-driven and motivated by achieving commercial results.

The Package

• €50,000–€55,000 base salary, with flexibility up to €60,000 for the right candidate.
• €5,000–€10,000 OTE.
• Company car.
• Pension with employer contribution.
• Laptop.
• 22 days' annual leave.

Location

The successful candidate should ideally be based within the assigned territory.

The role covers parts of Midlands/Connacht and is predominantly field-based, with 4–5 days per week spent on the road.