Sales Assistant

Wolseley; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension match

Bonus potential

Maternity leave

Discounts

Job summary

Wolseley’s Plumb Centre in Garforth is hiring a Sales Assistant to help trade customers with product advice, order processing and stock control.

You'll work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 07:30–16:30 with Saturday mornings on a rota. There is a bonus potential and a solid benefits package within a leading UK merchant network.

Qualifications

• Driving licence would be beneficial.
• Plumbing and heating knowledge ideal.
• Previous face-to-face sales and customer service experience.
• Warehouse experience.
• Ability to deliver outstanding customer service.
• Team player who is happy to assist in all areas.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive attitude.
• Comfortable lifting heavy items.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter with advice and product recommendations.
• Respond to enquiries by phone and email promptly and courteously.
• Make outbound calls to previous customers to regain business.
• Identify opportunities to drive sales in-branch.
• Handle warehouse duties: stock bookings and packing.
• Occasional 3.5T van deliveries to local customers.

Skills

Driving licence

Plumbing knowledge

Face-to-face sales

Warehouse experience

Customer service

Team player

Eager to learn

Heavy lifting

Job description

Salary:£26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Sales Assistant - Garforth (LS25 2JY) - 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?

Benefits

• 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.

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

Role

As a Sales Assistant based in our Garforth branch you'll be responsible for:

• 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
• Driving a 3.5T van on occasion to make deliveries to local customers

This is a full time time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 07.30am - 4.30pm and Saturday mornings on a rota basis 08.00am - 12.00pm.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A Driving Licence would be beneficial
• 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