Depot Growth & Trade Sales Specialist

Howdens; Whiterashes; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Brilliant bonuses

Excellent pension plan

Up to 32 days annual leave

Staff discount on Howdens products

Share scheme

40 hour working week

No evenings or Sundays

Wellbeing support

Strong team culture

Job summary

Howdens Joinery is the UK's No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier, seeking a Business Developer to grow a local depot. You’ll phone and meet customers, build relationships, and spot opportunities to increase spend while supporting a busy depot team with leads and appointments.

You’ll work with Kitchen Sales Designers and Territory Sales Representatives, driving conversations into opportunities and sales, all while targeting performance goals in a fast-paced, local environment.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills for in-person and phone conversations.
• Ability to build relationships and convert talks into opportunities.
• Commercial mindset with focus on sales growth.
• Self-motivated, positive, and proactive.
• Organized with good pipeline management.
• Comfortable meeting call targets and activity metrics.
• Experience in telesales or account management is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Calling existing trade customers to build long term relationships and grow future business.
• Using customer data to spot inactivity and bring accounts back on track.
• Managing a targeted customer list and achieving daily call activity levels.
• Keeping up to date with customer projects to identify opportunities to add value and drive repeat business.
• Arranging surveys and appointments for our Kitchen Sales Designers.
• Promoting products, offers and events to keep customers engaged.
• Supporting administration, including invoicing and general depot tasks.
• Working closely with the wider team to help the depot hit its targets and deliver great service.

Skills

Face-to-face sales

Phone communication

Relationship building

Target driven

Organized

Telesales experience

Job description

Howdens Joinery is the UK's No1 Trade Kitchen Supplier, seeking a Business Developer to grow a local depot. You’ll phone and meet customers, build relationships, and spot opportunities to increase spend while supporting a busy depot team with leads and appointments.

You’ll work with Kitchen Sales Designers and Territory Sales Representatives, driving conversations into opportunities and sales, all while targeting performance goals in a fast-paced, local environment.