Showroom Sales Manager Designate

City Plumbing; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plumbing and heating products provider in the UK is looking for a Showroom Sales Manager Designate. The successful candidate will drive sales performance and provide bespoke solutions in a customer-focused environment. This role requires a proactive salesperson who can close sales effectively and grow business through strong customer relationships. Candidates should possess a clean UK driving licence and ideally have experience in bathroom products or CAD design. A comprehensive benefits package will be offered.

Benefits

Bonus

Discounts and savings at retailers

Life assurance

Extended family policy

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Must have a clean UK driving licence for assisting with sales across branches.
• Previous sales experience in retail or home improvement is preferred.
• Motivated and determined to achieve targets and generate new business.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales performance by exceeding targets and KPIs.
• Provide exceptional service to trade and retail customers.
• Develop strong partnerships and proactively grow the business.

Skills

Sales driven

Proactive approach

Resilient

Customer-focused experience

Basic CAD design skills

Job description

Are you a high‑performer who thrives on turning a customer's vision into reality? Do you have a hunger for sales and a desire to be rewarded for your success? If so, we want you to join our team and help us drive sales performance as a Showroom Sales Manager Designate.

As a Showroom Sales Manager Designate, you will be the expert who converts a customer's dream bathroom into a reality by mastering our leading product range and providing bespoke solutions. Your ability to identify opportunities and close sales is key to achieving this.

This position involves regional coverage, with travel and overnight stays as required.

While the map provides a strategic outline, final details may slightly differ.

Responsibilities

• Drive Sales Performance, consistently exceeding sales, profit targets, and KPIs, including call volumes and profit margins.
• Provide exceptional service to both trade and retail customers, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
• Look for ways to grow business by proactively winning new business and building strong, lasting partnerships.
• Use your expertise to provide bespoke solutions and, ideally, utilise CAD design skills to bring projects to life.

You will be a high-energy, sales-focused professional who thrives on positive customer experience. You should be a "closer" at heart, naturally motivated by hitting targets, winning new business, and reaping the rewards of a strong bonus structure. Beyond your sales drive, we need a proactive problem-solver who can build genuine rapport with trade professionals and retail customers alike, ensuring every project is handled with precision and a high level of customer service.

Your previous job titles could include Showroom Sales Consultant, Business Development Executive, Assistant Showroom Manager, Account Manager, or Senior Sales Advisor. We also love applications from high‑achievers from sectors such as kitchen and bathroom retail, home improvement, or trade distribution who are ready to step into a sales role.

Qualifications

• Sales driven with a proactive approach to sales, strong desire to win and grow business.
• Motivated, self-confident, self‑motivated, and hungry for success.
• Resilient and tenacious, able to handle sales objections with ease.
• Assisting with sales in numerous branches, so a clean UK driving licence is essential.
• Preferred experience in customer‑focused environments, basic knowledge of bathroom products or CAD design skills.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply if they feel they don’t have every one of the required skills. All Highbourne Group companies are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re interested in this role but feel your previous experience doesn’t completely match, apply anyway. You could be just the person we’re looking for!

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubes to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need, and we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

Our business success is built upon four non‑negotiable behaviours that guide every decision, from the smallest daily task to the largest strategic initiative: "Make it safe for everyone" prioritises well‑being, ethical conduct and compliance. "Be the customer’s choice" delivers unmatched expertise, value and service. "Create the future" invests in sustainable solutions and continuous improvement. "Grow stronger together" recognises our collective strength as the greatest asset.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental health first aiders and employee assistance programme – we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to "fit" our culture, we want you to enrich it.

To ensure the best environment for our team and customers, we may conduct Basic Criminal Record Disclosures. We only perform this check after you’ve accepted our offer.