Sales Advisor

Wolseley UK Limited; Chichester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave increase with service

Pension scheme (matched up to 9%)

Potential to earn bonuses

Enhanced maternity / adoption leave

Discounts on online and high street

Healthcare access

YuLife app

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Wolseley UK Limited in Chichester is seeking a Sales Assistant to serve customers at the trade counter, understand needs and supply quotes and recommendations.

This full-time role focuses on building customer relationships to maximise repeat business, handling phone and email enquiries promptly, and supporting warehouse tasks such as stock control and order picking.

Qualifications

• Face-to-face sales and customer service experience is beneficial.
• Be a team player happy to assist in all branch areas.
• Eagerness to learn with a positive, enthusiastic work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter with product recommendations and quotes.
• Build relationships to drive repeat business and maximise lifetime value.
• Respond to enquiries via phone and email with prompt, courteous quotes.
• General warehouse duties including stock booking, picking and packing.

Skills

Face-to-face sales

Customer service

Team player

Job description

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Sales Assistant - Chichester (PO19 8UL) - Plumb Centre

So, who are we? We are Wolseley, a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild. Also, did we mention?

In addition to the £26,695 salary, there are also benefits on tap – including...

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
• a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
• potential to earn bonuses
• enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• access to a great range of online and high street discounts
• free access to healthcare
• our popular YuLife app
• our Cycle to Work scheme

As a Sales Assistant based in Chichester, you’ll be responsible for:

• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations and quotations.
• Building relationships with customers with the aim of driving repeat business, enhancing customer experience, and maximising lifetime value
• Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email providing quotes promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude.
• General warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the systems and putting it away and picking & packing customer orders

This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 07.30am to 5.00pm and 1in3 Saturdays, working 8:00am - 12:00pm, paid as overtime.

And here’s what we’d like you to have:

• Previous face to face sales and customer service experience is beneficial.
• To be a team player who is happy to assist in all areas to ensure the smooth running of the branch.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic.

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.