Area Sales Manager - Paints & Coatings

  • Mitchell Maguire
  • City, Birmingham
  • 01/09/2026
Full time Construction Management

Job Description

Area Sales Manager Paints & Coatings

Job Title: Area Sales Manager Paints & Coatings x2

Industry Sector: Area Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Technical Sales, Specification Sales, Building Protection, EWI, Paints, Paintshop Manager, Coatings, Wall Coverings, Wood Paints, Wood Finishes, End Users

2 vacancies areas to be covered:

  1. Yorkshire & North East (ideally based Sheffield Leeds)
  2. Midlands (based West Midlands)

Remuneration: £35,000 - £50,000 (neg) + £7,000 - £8,000 uncapped commission

Benefits: Company Car & benefits packages

The role of the Area Sales Manager Paints & Coatings will involve:

  • Area Manager position selling a high quality portfolio of paints & coatings for wood, metal and plastic finishes
  • All of your time will be spent selling to end users, contractors & OEM s such as; kitchen, joinery & furniture manufacturers
  • Turnover target circa £1m
  • Good bled of account management and new business (area dependant)
  • For the Midlands role they would see a junior candidate looking to step into field sales from an internal sales or a paintshop background

The ideal applicant will be an Area Sales Manager Paints & Coatings with:

  • Must have technical sales experience in the paints & coatings sector OR a paintshop manager looking to step onto the road
  • Must have experience selling to B2B end users and/or OEMs
  • Must be commercially astute
  • Must be IT literate

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: Area Sales Manager, Business Developnment Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Technical Sales, Specification Sales, Building Protection, EWI, Paints, Paintshop Manager, Coatings, Wall Coverings, Wood Paints, Wood Finishes, End Users