Sales Consultant

Aircraft Maintenance Systems; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company is seeking a Sales Consultant in Gateshead to engage with customers and advise on sleep wellness products. The role offers full training and support, emphasizes customer interaction, and provides an uncapped commission structure for peak hours. Successful candidates will have previous customer-facing experience and confident communication skills. Benefits include up to 50% discount, health cashback options, and career development programs.

Benefits

Up to 50% discount for all colleagues

Health and Wellbeing cashback options

Pension scheme

Annual leave buy & sell scheme

Learning and development programmes

Group Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a customer-facing role.
• Ability to communicate confidently with customers.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to advise on sleep wellness products.
• Keep the store clean and tidy.
• Work flexibly during peak trading hours to maximize sales opportunities.

Skills

Customer service experience

Confident communication skills

Sales opportunities identification

Resilience

Resourcefulness

Job description

As a Sales Consultant in your local store, your product knowledge and natural ability to engage with customers and advise them on Sleep wellness will help them find the right sleep products for their needs, giving them that perfect nights sleep every night, with the help of our unique sleepPRO technology! We offer you full training and support to do all this and to understand how we get things done in the right way we want to set you up for success, so you can hit the ground running.

We want our stores to be a place our teams can be proud of, so you and your team will need to get stuck in to help keep the store looking fresh and keeping your store clean and tidy.

Our customers come in when theyre free to shop, so evenings, weekends and bank holidays are our peak trade hours. This is where youll have the opportunity to experience our fantastic, uncapped commission structure, so itll be essential for you to be available to work those hours. We understand that you have a life outside beds, so well ensure that you get the days back you have worked over the weekend but, theres also overtime available at times.

What Were Dreaming Of Seeing

Ideally, youll have worked in a customer facing role previously and have confident communication skills, being able to spot sales opportunities and be resilient and resourceful when you need to be, daring to try new things to help your store succeed.

The best sleep is when we feel comfortable

This is why we believe its only right that at bensons for beds youll be welcome to bring your authentic self to work. Some of us like a sprung mattress, others are all about the memory foam, but at the end of the day we all want to feel comfortable, so we welcome all applications and treat them, and you with respect.

The Cool Side Of The Pillow (our Benefits)

We know youll work hard to contribute your stores performance, so as well as your base salary and OTE based on your target, theres no upper limit to what you can earn beyond that. Theres also monthly store bonus potential when your store achieves its target! In addition, we offer:

• Up to 50% discount for all bensons colleagues
• Health and Wellbeing: Medicash- cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services, Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Financial: Group Income Protection - for peace of mind if youre off work long term due to illness,
• Pension scheme provided by Legal & General
• Leave: Annual leave buy & sell scheme you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you, Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Your Career: Learning and development programmes to expand your knowledge and skills, access to internal opportunities to progress your career at Bensons for Beds
• Group Life Assurance - 2x annual salary
• Annual leave: 28 days in year 1, rising each year of service

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.