Sales Assistant

DFL-UK; Winchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Flexible working

On-site two days per week

Job summary

Designs for Lighting in Winchester is looking for a confident communicator to start a career in sales. You’ll help look after clients, research opportunities and keep projects moving, with support from a friendly team. No lighting knowledge required—just energy, curiosity and a readiness to learn.

You’ll phone clients, prepare basic quotations, and keep HubSpot up to date so enquiries don’t get lost. The role offers final training and a clear career path with a company bonus.

Qualifications

• Excellent phone and written communication.
• Organised and able to manage multiple tasks.
• Enthusiastic, curious and eager to learn.
• Willing to develop sales and business development skills.

Responsibilities

• Make outbound calls to clients and potential clients.
• Help prepare quotations and follow up.
• Keep HubSpot CRM up to date.
• Support events and handover to technical teams.

Skills

Communication

Organised

Curiosity

Prospecting

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

If you like talking to people (on the phone!) and are interested in starting a career in sales, of everything else business along the way, read on.

Designs for Lighting (www.DFL-UK.com) is looking for someone confident, curious and ready to get stuck in. We’re a specialist lighting design consultancy in Winchester, and we need a new team member to help us look after clients and keep opportunities moving.

This role is ideal for someone at the start of their career who’s looking for an employer willing to give them a chance. You don’t need to know all about lighting, sales already, we are looking for a great communicator. Bring your energy, ideas and willingness to learn, and we’ll help you build the skills.

What might you get up to?

You won’t be expected to arrive knowing how to do all of this. These are some of the things you could learn and get involved in:

• Pick up the phone and speak with clients and potential clients.
• Help prepare quotations and follow up to find out what happens next.
• Keep HubSpot up to date, so enquiries and opportunities don’t get lost in the mix. Never heard of HubSpot? No problem, Google it, then we’ll show you how we use it.
• Come up with ideas that help create business development and sales opportunities
• Help us prepare for events and come along with us to see what they are all about, generally support the sales team and make sure new projects are handed over smoothly to our technical teams.

Some days you’ll be organising details and keeping things on track. Other days you might be chatting with a client. You may even find yourself helping to create sales or Business development content for our socials. (A bit of variety is part of the fun)

You could be just who we’re looking for if you…

• Enjoy talking to people and aren’t afraid to make a phone call.
• Can keep yourself organised and follow a task through.
• Are friendly, confident and happy to ask questions.
• Like coming up with ideas and trying new things.
• Are curious about sales or how businesses win work to grow.
• Want to learn, build your confidence in a business environment and develop a career.

The winning formula will be someone that is organised and can balance priorities with great, honest communication, working to keep prospective clients in the know.

Location: Winchester, with two office days each week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Salary and hours: Around £25,000–£28,000, depending on skills, for a 37.5-hour week. Flexible working and a company bonus is available.

• Applications will close 6 th of November and we are happy to talk to recruitment consultants but we don’t pay fees!