Hire / Sales Controller

Selwood Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Medicash

Pension

25 days holiday

Long service entitlement

Life insurance

Development support

EAP & mental health support

Employee discount scheme

Employee referral scheme

Job summary

Selwood Ltd in Nottingham is seeking a Hire/Sales Controller to join our pump hire team. You will manage inbound enquiries, raise quotations and contracts, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure equipment, transport and workforce coverage.

The role requires a confident self-starter with strong communication and administrative skills, plus proficiency in Microsoft Office. You will prioritise tasks and maintain accurate paperwork across contracts, orders and invoices.

Qualifications

• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to build and maintain good customer relationships.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Proven ability of learning new skills and or products.
• A good understanding of IT systems including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure.
• A good level of problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Deal with in-bound calls and emails and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to take ownership of enquiries.
• Prioritise workload and ensure day-to-day customer requirements are met with complete paperwork including hire/sales quotations, contracts, POs and invoices.
• Ensure contracts, transport documentation and paperwork are up to date on the systems.
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure equipment, transport and workforce are in place to cover depot and customer requirements.

Skills

Planning

Organisation

Customer relationships

Prioritisation

Communication

Willingness to learn

IT literacy

Resilience

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Our Business

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

Selwood is the leading pump rental solutions company in the UK. We have an outstanding reputation for exceptional customer service backed by one of the largest fleets of quality pump products. Each customer and each project is unique and our deep technical knowledge means we are proud to deliver a bespoke and genuine 24/6, 365 days-a-year service.

This is an exciting time to join Selwood as we drive our business forward and build on a foundation of over 70 year’s success within our industry. We are committed to ensuring our staff have the right skills, knowledge & experience to deliver to our customers, as well as creating career paths to help develop, retain, and motivate them.

About The Role

We are growing our team in Nottingham to meet the ever-increasing needs of our expanding business, and as such are looking for a Hire / Sales Controller to join us.

As a Hire / Sales Controller you are at the heart of our Pump Hire branches, this role will bring the individual into daily contact with Selwood stakeholders as well as our external client base.

This is a great opportunity for an individual to join our business and be supported by our branch team to learn and understand the day-to-day operations of Selwood.

In this role you will need to be a confident self-starter, who has the ability and willingness to learn and develop your skills. The role will require good communication skills both verbal and written correspondence as well as having the ability to use a variety of systems and Microsoft office applications. You will also need to have strong administrative skills to raise hire and sales quotations and subsequent contracts, raise purchase orders and process invoices.

Main Responsibilities Include

• Deal with in-bound calls and emails and subsequently liaising with internal and external stakeholders & to take ownership of enquiries & deal with them accordingly in a timely manner.
• Prioritise workload and ensure the day-to-day customer requirements are met in a timely manner, whilst ensuring all paperwork including (but not limited to) hire and sales quotations, subsequent contracts, purchase orders, invoices and other administrative tasks are completed.
• Ensure that contracts, transport documentation and other paperwork are accurately input and up to date on to the applicable systems.
• Liaise with the appropriate internal teams, ensuring relevant equipment, transport and workforce are in place to cover depot & customer requirements.

Skills And Competencies

• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to build and maintain good customer relationships.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Proven ability of learning new skills and or products.
• A good understanding of IT systems including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure.
• A good level of problem-solving skills.

What we can do for you

Selwood Are Pleased To Offer

We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life.

• Competitive salary
• Eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments)
• Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships)
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
• 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
• 3x your annual salary life insurance (DIS)
• Support for development and training
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
• Employee referral scheme

EDI Statement

Workdry International Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

As part of your recruitment journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments