Sales Negotiator

Wolseley UK Limited; West of England; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Bonuses

Maternity / adoption leave

Discounts

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Burdens in Bristol is seeking a Sales Negotiator to manage a ledger of customers, write quotes and negotiate with suppliers to secure the best possible deals for our customers.

You will handle customer queries via phone, email and trading counter, and contribute to a high-performing sales team within the Wolseley group. This is a full-time role with standard hours and opportunities for bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• Previous sales or negotiation experience.
• Comfortable managing a ledger of customers.
• Comfortable making outbound calls to customers.
• Merchant is experience is desirable, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing a ledger of customers, building and maintaining relationships.
• Writing quotes for customers and pursuing follow-ups.
• Negotiating with suppliers to secure best deals.
• Handling customer queries via phone, email and counter.

Skills

Sales experience

Negotiation

Customer relationships

Outbound calls

Job description

Sales Negotiator - Bristol - Infrastructure

Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

So, who are we? We are Burdens, a part of the Wolseley group - 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.

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 and access to a great range of online and high street discounts
• free access to healthcare
• our popular YuLife app
• our Cycle to Work scheme

As a Sales Negotiator based in Bristol you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing a ledger of customers, building and maintaining relationships with customers
• Writing quotes for customers and chasing them up on these quotes
• Negotiating with suppliers to get the best deal possible for our customers
• Managing customer queries via phone, email and behind the trading counter

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

• Previous sales or negotiation experience
• To be comfortable managing a ledger of customers
• To be comfortable making outbound calls to customers
• Merchant is experience is desirable, but not essential

This is a full-time, permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday between 8.00am - 5.00pm.

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 distributor of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.