Sales Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Potential to earn bonuses

Enhanced maternity/adoption leave

Discounts (online & high street)

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group, in Glasgow (G3 8BW), is seeking a Sales Assistant to join the team. You will assist customers at the trade counter, recommend products, and drive 3.5t van deliveries.

This full-time role (40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00) offers a comprehensive benefits package including annual leave, pension, bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave, healthcare, YuLife app, Cycle to Work and more.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sales and customer service.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence speaking with customers.
• A hands-on approach, using initiative when needed to work as part of a small team and support in all areas at the branch.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Full UK Manual Driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Assisting customers at the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations.
• Driving 3.5t van delivering customer orders.
• Dealing with customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude.
• Providing excellent service, establishing strong relationships with customers, colleagues, and suppliers.
• Proactively seeking opportunities to grow sales within the branch, working with both existing and new customers.
• Completing general warehouse duties, including picking and packing orders (which will involve some heavy lifting), organising deliveries and merchandising displays to a high standard.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Hands-on attitude

Driving licence

Job description

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Sales Assistant – Glasgow (G3 8BW) - Plumb Centre

So, who are we? We are Plumb Centre a 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 competitive 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


• and more!

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

• Assisting customers at the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations.


• Driving 3.5t van delivering customer orders.


• Dealing with customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude.


• Providing excellent service, establishing strong relationships with customers, colleagues, and suppliers.


• Proactively seeking opportunities to grow sales within the branch, working with both existing and new customers.


• Completing general warehouse duties, including picking and packing orders (which will involve some heavy lifting), organising deliveries and merchandising displays to a high standard.

This is a Full Time, permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 08:00am- 17:00pm.

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

• Proven experience in sales and customer service.


• Excellent communication skills and confidence speaking with customers.


• A hands-on approach, using initiative when needed to work as part of a small team and support in all areas at the branch.


• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.


• Full UK Manual Driving licence.

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.