Sales Assistant

Wolseley UK Limited; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trade merchant in Wakefield is seeking a Sales Advisor to provide excellent service and build customer relationships. The ideal candidate has prior sales or customer service experience and demonstrates a positive attitude. This full-time role offers a salary of £25,652.88, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits including a pension scheme and health initiatives.

Benefits

Annual leave increasing with service

Generous pension scheme matched up to 9%

Access to healthcare and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Prior customer service or sales experience.
• Willingness to learn with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Confidence in engaging with customers.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter with product recommendations.
• Respond to customer inquiries via phone & email promptly.
• Contact customers proactively to drive branch growth.

Skills

Customer service experience

Positive attitude

Sales confidence

Job description

Overview

Salary: £25,652.88 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Sales Advisor - Wakefield - 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 salary of £25,652.88 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!

Responsibilities

• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations.
• Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude.
• Booking stock in and putting it away in the designated location.
• Proactively contacting customers to build relationships and drive branch growth, particularly focusing on those with reduced or inactive spending.

This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm, and 1 in 3 Saturdays 8am - 12pm (paid as overtime).

Requirements

• Prior customer service or sales experience.
• Willingness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic.
• Confidence in engaging with customers both face-to-face and over the phone.
• A confident, proactive approach to sales—promoting products, quoting accurately, and building customer relationships over the phone.

Benefits

We look forward to receiving your application!