Sales Advisor

Wolseley UK Limited; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Bonus potential

Maternity/adoption leave

Healthcare access

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wolseley UK Limited (Plumb Centre) in Newmarket is seeking a Sales Assistant to serve trade customers at the counter, advise on products and drive branch sales. The role offers a £26,695 base salary with bonus potential, 40 hours per week, and a permanent contract.

You will respond to customer inquiries by phone and email, nurture relationships with existing clients, and support warehouse tasks as needed in a busy branch environment.

Qualifications

• Face-to-face sales and customer service experience.
• Ability to deliver outstanding customer service.
• Team player with a positive, proactive attitude.
• Willingness to learn and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter with advice and product recommendations.
• Respond to inquiries via phone and email promptly and courteously.
• Make outbound calls to previous customers to regain business.
• Drive sales by identifying opportunities within the branch.
• General warehouse duties: stock handling, picking and packing orders, heavy items.

Skills

Face-to-face sales

Customer service

Team player

Positive attitude

Job description

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Sales Assistant - Newmarket (CB8 7ER) - Plumb Centre

So, who are we? We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - 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 and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more! As a Sales Assistant based in our Newmarket branch you’ll be responsible for:

Responsibilities

• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing advice and product recommendations
• Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude
• Making outbound phone calls to previous customers to regain their business
• Actively identifying and pursuing opportunities to drive sales within the branch, engaging both new and existing customers
• General warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the system and putting it away and picking and packing customer orders which will involve manual handling heavy stock e.g. boilers, radiators, sinks and toilets

This is a full time time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08.00am - 5.00pm and Saturday mornings on a rota basis 08.00am - 12.00pm.

Requirements

• Plumbing & Heating knowledge is ideal
• Previous Face to Face sales and customer service experience
• Warehouse experience
• The ability to deliver outstanding customer service
• 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
• To be comfortable lifting heavy items

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.