Area Sales Manager- Ireland

Area Sales Manager- Ireland.

Field based with extensive travel across Ireland

Salary of up to 46,000 Euros subject to skills and experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including company car, bonus, and access to our flexible benefits platform.

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Kohler UK - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it’s who we are. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler Mira.

From day one you’re part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people (who knew a bathroom manufacturing company did all this?!)

But, to get to where we want to be, we are looking for an Area Sales Manager to join our team based in Ireland. Find out more below!

What you will do:

Support ing the Regional Sales Manager with day-to-day management of our direct accounts you will e nsure that within Mira Showers’ key merchant, showroom, and retail partners there is an effective execution of the key purchase drivers: Product displays, Product availability and knowledgeable showroom staff to help the consumer choose Mira and feel delighted when they do. **

Specific Responsibilities**

• Achieve brand, stock, and merchandising compliance targets to ensure that installers and consumers can understand Why Mira and are able to complete their purchase instore.
• Deliver engaging training to trade counter, showroom, and retail staff online or instore to ensure they become Mira brand ambassadors and can promote and sell the benefits to their customers.
• Engage with trade specialist i.e. plumbing and bathroom installers and consumers when in store, acting as the Mira brand ambassador, offering advice, and communicating the benefits of Mira showers to help them choose Mira and feel delighted when they do.
• Achieve sales targets by securing secondary product siting and additional display space through building a relationship with showroom and retail staff.
• Undertake tactical field marketing activity that supports key strategic objectives , e.g. : supporting new roll-out of new merchant and retail “In-store Product Display and Point of Sale Fixtures.
• Communicates clearly at all levels the “Why Mira” message to support our proposition in terms of brand and new product investment to maximise customer commitment and ability to service installer and end consumer demand.
• Co-ordinates and facilitates staff training on New Products to increase customer Mira product knowledge based on features, benefits and USP’s and drive Kohler Mira vitality score.
• Communicates “Above the Line” Brand Building activities which mutually benefits all parties to secure measurable customer commitment and consumer access via the distribution, merchant, and retail routes to market.
• Proactively communicate internally customer branch management and showroom staff changes, new competitor display insight, promotional campaigns, new product display siting .

Skills/Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience within an external sales role – preferably from within the Kitchen & Bath sector however not essential.
• Clean, full driving licence is required .
• Valid passport required for occasional travel to the UK.

We can offer you a lot in return!

At Kohler, you’re not a number, you’re a valued member of our team (or as we like to say, an “associate”). What this means for you, is focused development that is personalised – all of the challenge you desire with all the support you need, as well as global opportunities should you desire . We also offer competitive benefits, including a focus on wellbeing and a genuine commitment to ‘giving something back’ through our Stewardship (CSR) efforts. We believe that our depth of knowledge and breadth of opportunities set us apart and if you believe you’d add something to our team, we’d love to hear from you. You can find out more about our operating philosophy, Believing in Better, here

As an organisation, Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. As an equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process please contact talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com

• Important update for candidates applying to roles within Kohler Energy, including Power Systems, Engines, Home Energy, Kohler Uninterruptible Power, Clarke Energy, Curtis Instruments, and Heila Technologies.

On November 6, Kohler Co. announced the strategic decision to establish Kohler Energy as a separate, independent business with Platinum Equity as the majority investment partner. Kohler will continue to stay invested in the Energy business following the closing and remains committed to supporting the acceleration of long-term growth strategies for both organizations. Talent and operational transition plans are underway, and Kohler Co. and Platinum Equity expect the agreement to close in the first half of 2024.Thank you for your interest in joining our growing team as we embark on the next phase of growth! **

About Us**

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands; Mira Showers, Rada Controls and Kohler Company. Where our brands differ in market position, they are equal in quality, each living up to the Kohler Company mission to live on the leading edge of design and technology and provide a single level of quality regardless of price.

Learn more about us, our brands and career opportunities at https://www.kohlercompany.com/careers/

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our Talent Acquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.

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