Sales Adviser - Peterborough / Cambridge

Barratt Developments plc; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national housebuilder in Peterborough is seeking a Sales Adviser to assist customers in finding their dream homes and provide exemplary customer service. This role requires strong interpersonal skills and a resilient attitude towards achieving sales targets. Benefits include a competitive bonus scheme, private medical cover, and more. Flexibility in working hours is essential, including weekends and holidays.

Benefits

Private Medical Cover

Competitive Bonus Scheme

26 days’ holiday

Qualifications

• Experience in a service environment such as housebuilding or retail.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and maintain calm.
• Flexible with working patterns and travel.

Responsibilities

• Build rapport with customers and understand their needs.
• Achieve sales targets and close sales effectively.
• Provide excellent customer service throughout the sales process.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Sales abilities

Negotiation skills

Job description

Sales Adviser - Peterborough / Cambridgeshire

Our Sales Advisers help customers find their dream home and provide excellent customer service throughout the sales process.

You would need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills to enable you to build rapport with customers to understand their needs and requirements. These would need to include listening skills, questioning skills, empathy, product demonstration and closing skills.

Reporting to a Sales Manager you’ll be expected to …

• Demonstrate comprehensive local knowledge including amenities, schools, transport links and competitors
• Have a thorough understanding of our product and pricing
• Effective lead follow up skills to convert enquiries to site visits
• Utilise our Sales methodology, schemes and incentives effectively to close a sale
• Achieve sales targets in line with business requirements

To be successful in the role, we are looking for :

• Experience of delivering sales in a service environment e.g. housebuilding, retail, hospitality, banking, estate agency.
• Commercially astute with a good understanding of the market and competitors.
• Understands and acts upon customer needs to maintain Company reputation.
• Thrives on challenge, is resilient and driven to achieve personal and organisational targets.
• Able to remain calm and controlled under pressure.
• Keeps up to date with new thinking including legislation, economic conditions and technology.
• Communicates and negotiates persuasively – capable of influencing others assertively, building rapport with customers.
• Embraces change and explores new ways of working to help the continuous growth of the sales operation.
• Encourages and supports people in the team, sharing knowledge and best practice.
• Able to build relationships across functions, internally and externally.
• Self starter who works effectively without direct management
• IT literate.
• Flexible with working pattern, must be able to work weekends and bank holidays
• Flexible with travel, sometimes at short notice
• Holds full driving license and have use of a vehicle for business travel

We offer:

• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)

Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world.

Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.

About South Midlands

Our dual-branded David Wilson Homes Redrow divisions combine the best of our David Wilson Homes and Redrow brands.

Whether it is homes focused towards customers taking the next step in their homeownership journey, those looking for a premium home, or those looking to downsize, we provide award winning quality and innovative design.

That’s why we’ve been awarded the maximum 5 Stars from the Home Builders Federation since 2009, making us the only major national housebuilder to achieve this.

Putting diversity and inclusion front and centre

We know that a diverse team is better for our customers, makes us a more attractive employer and results in a stronger, more sustainable business. Which is why we’re so committed to developing our inclusive culture.

See how our colleagues are building tomorrow together.

Sales Adviser - Peterborough / Cambridgeshire

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