Sales Representative

James Latham; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension matched up to 7.5%

Bonus schemes

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

James Latham is seeking a motivated Sales Representative to proactively source new business and work with the sales team to meet targets. You will manage existing customers, grow overall sales, and continuously update product knowledge while leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and deliver a superior customer experience.

The successful candidate will thrive in a busy sales office, be able to work independently after training, and enjoy collaborating with colleagues to drive results.

Qualifications

• Motivated with prior experience as a Sales Representative or similar.
• Comfortable in a busy sales office with demonstrable sales success.
• Excellent IT skills and ability to work as part of a team and manage own workload.

Responsibilities

• Source new business proactively and help the team achieve targets.
• Manage existing customers and increase overall sales.
• Keep product knowledge up to date and use technology to improve efficiency and customer experience.

Skills

Sales experience

Client management

IT skills

Team player

Tools

CRM software

Job description

As a Sales Representative at Lathams you will pro-actively source new business and work as part of a team to achieve targets. You will manage existing customers and increase overall sales, keep your product knowledge up to date and use technology to aid efficiency and give customers a better experience.

You will be highly motivated and enthusiastic with prior experience working as Sales Representative or similar with a desire to proactively develop existing business along with generating business from your own contacts. You should be comfortable in a busy sales office and have had demonstrable success in sales. You will need excellent IT skills and enjoy working as part of a team but also be able to manage your own workload. Please see our careers site for job description: https://careers.lathamtimber.co.uk/

You must be based close enough to our Belfast office so that you can be in the office every day to begin with. Once your initial training is complete you may be able to work from home from time to time depending on the needs of the team and your work.

You’ll be working in a modern and well-equipped environment which provides opportunities to develop and grow your career. You will be part of a friendly team that continually seeks out new and innovative products and better ways to serve its customers. Benefits include a competitive salary, up to 7.5% matched pension contributions, bonus schemes, a Health Cash Plan, life assurance and a free employee assistance program offering mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support.

James Latham is one of the UK's largest independent trade distributors of timber, panels and decorative surfaces. As a long-established, family-owned business with history back to 1757, we believe our success is down to our employees and are proud to say that many of our team stay with us for decades. In a recent survey 86% said they would recommend James Latham as a great place to work.

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