Sales Specialist

MKM Building Supplies; Llandudno Junction; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join MKM Building Supplies, the leading independent builders' merchant in the UK, as a key sales associate. In this role, you will leverage your sales experience and building supplies knowledge to provide exceptional service, generate new business, and instill strong customer relationships within our supportive and people-oriented culture.

Benefits

Competitive pay package

Generous discretionary bonus scheme

Substantial staff discounts

Training and development opportunities

Holiday scheme rewarding length of service

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health Support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Motivated, energetic, and self-driven.
• Previous sales experience in a builder's merchant environment.
• Confidence in dealing with customers.

Responsibilities

• Providing quotations and excellent customer service.
• Generating new business and upselling to existing customers.
• Using a CRM to manage a portfolio of customers.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Building supplies knowledge

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

In this position, you will play a key role in the sale of our full range of roofing and building supplies products therefore previous sales experience in a similar role within a merchant environment would be a distinct advantage.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Providing quotations for customers
• Dealing with customers both face to face and over the telephone
• Giving excellent customer service and sound product advice
• Taking a proactive approach to building product sales, using every opportunity to make or increase a sale.
• Use a customer relationship management system (CRM) holding a portfolio of 50 + customers.
• Generate new business with existing and new customers.
• Upsell and gap analysis on existing customers.
• Cold calling
• Lead qualifying.
• Quote follow up.

Qualifications and Skills

• Motivated, energetic, enthusiastic, self-driven, positive attitude
• Sound building supplies knowledge is required.
• Previous sales experience in a builder’s merchant environment would be a distinct advantage.
• Confident dealing with customers
• The ability to build great customer relationships.
• A good telephone manner, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate.

Benefits

In return, you can be a part of one of the UK’s leading independent Builders Merchant and winner of many industry awards. Some of the benefits we offer include:

• A competitive pay package.
• Generous discretionary bonus scheme.
• People orientated culture.
• Substantial staff discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Holiday scheme which rewards length of service.
• Perkbox discounts
• Contributory pension scheme
• Performance related bonus
• Financial Planning Support
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free parking
• Enhanced Maternity
• Enhanced Paternity
• Substantial Employee Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health Support

MKM is the leading independent builders’ merchant in the UK, and we were established in 1995. Our people are what make us unique in what we do. Today we have more than 135 branches and over 3100 employees nationwide. Whilst we continue to grow, we are constantly striving to always attract, recruit, retain, promote, and support a diverse mix of colleagues that create a sense of belonging to the ‘MKM family’ for everyone. We hope you will join us on our journey!