Electrical Sales Manager

Thubelisha; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Electrical Sales Manager and play a vital role in driving sales and customer relationships. This position offers the chance to grow your skills in a dynamic environment while promoting electrical and renewable products. You'll be at the forefront of customer engagement, ensuring satisfaction and building a strong network. With a focus on integrity and collaboration, this role is perfect for someone eager to make a significant impact in a supportive team atmosphere. Embrace the opportunity to thrive in a culture that values diversity and innovation.

Benefits

Bonus

Discounts at retailers

Life assurance

Flexible working options

Mental Health First Aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities for growth and development

Extended family policy

Financial education and loans

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical merchanting with a focus on sales growth.
• Strong communication skills to build customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Drive customer acquisition and follow up on sales quotes.
• Maximise sales potential through upselling and linked sales.
• Maintain product stock and ensure correct offerings.

Skills

Tenacity and resilience

Proactive sales approach

Electrical merchanting experience

Excellent communication skills

Electrical product knowledge

Self-motivated

Commercial acumen

Job description

#BrightenYourSpark

Come and join us as a results-driven Electrical Sales Manager to grow and deliver sales as part of a hugely successful branch team.

The role:

As an Electrical Sales Manager, you will play a fundamental part in growing our electrical and renewables business - establishing your branch as the first point of call for all electrical and renewables needs and showcasing our full product offering at every opportunity. You'll grow the stock holding and be an expert in hunting and growing your customer base. You will identify and capitalise on every sales opportunity, inspiring your customers with the perfect solutions to meet their needs, all with the backing of the UK's number 1 merchant. The Electrical Sales Manager will be commercially driven, and excel in business development and account management. You’ll be an expert at building rapport quickly and creating trusted relationships to ensure that everything we do enables us to deliver on our promises to our customers and exceed expectations. You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way!

Key Responsibilities:

1. Drive new customer acquisition (Increasing footfall and sign up to Trade Accounts) and follow up to ensure that quotes are provided and convert into sales.
2. Build and maintain relationships with new and existing trade and retail customers.
3. Maximise sales potential by seeking opportunities for linked sales or to upsell products within the electrical category (i.e., Cables and accessories).
4. Demonstrate capability to manage and deliver to a wide range of customer demands, whilst driving sales and maximising branch profitability.
5. Support branch colleagues to have a better understanding of our electrical products and opportunities to link sell (e.g., Boiler packs/CO Alarms).
6. Maintain product stock, ensuring the branch has the correct product offering for the location.
7. Build a network, create awareness of the offering, and drive the business by promoting local events, supporting key customer meetings, and maximising the opportunity to sell Electrical and Renewables products through your branch.
8. As an Electrical expert, ensure that you have a strong understanding of Electrical and Renewables Products and relevant product terminology. Stay abreast of regulation changes utilising NICEIC and ensure awareness of our product offerings.
9. Provide excellent after-sales service, ensuring the delivery of items is managed efficiently using branch and courier services, and communicate with customers to ensure items are delivered as promised.

You:

You’ll have an innovative and agile approach to identify growth opportunities. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with a dedicated focus on driving results, whilst being committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do.

Required skills and competencies:

• Tenacity and resilience
• A proactive approach to sales, with a strong desire and ability to win and grow new business
• Previous electrical merchanting experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Electrical product knowledge and the ability to give technical understanding
• Self-confident and self-motivated, with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a wider team
• Commercial acumen – understanding how to impact the bottom line

Us:

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails, and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and are excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, providing tools to be successful, happy, and rewarded in their careers with us.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings, and cashback at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave, and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme
• Complete induction and opportunities for growth and development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• An inclusive environment where everyone can be their true self
• And more!

#BelongWithUs

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We want you to enrich our culture.

We undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates offered employment in our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas, post-acceptance of employment offer.