Senior Sales Person

Civils & Lintels; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Bonus scheme

Contributory pension

Life Assurance

Staff discount

Training & development

Job summary

Civils & Lintels in Exeter is seeking a Senior Sales Person to maximise department performance in line with the depot business plan and Group policy.

You will build profitable customer relationships, drive sales, and contribute to continued growth with strong training and support from the team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading and coaching a sales team.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Ability to analyse trading reports and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Engage and motivate the team to achieve financial targets.
• Develop sales opportunities for new and existing customers.
• Analyse trading reports and communicate outcomes.
• Negotiate with customers for profitable quotes.
• Stay updated on competitor activity and market trends.
• Identify training needs and coach team members.

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Sales Person to join us at Civils & Lintels in Exeter

Civils & Lintels main aim is to consistently exceed our customer’s expectations, we know our people are at the heart of ensuring this happens which is why we are always on the lookout to recruit the best around. Whether it’s civils engineering or lintels, our customers rely on the in-depth knowledge of our depot teams so we make it our priority to provide the best training to ensure our colleagues are able to offer their expert advice and support.

Tomorrow’s construction projects will be more planet-friendly and people-friendly than ever before. Civils & Lintels exists to help achieve that mission with the latest products and the best advice, delivered exactly where and when needed. Every day, we’re proud to be part of a better tomorrow.

As aSenior Sales Person, you will help maximise the contribution from the department through profitable sales and profit, in line with the depot business plan and Group policy and strategy. You will be expected to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations in terms of the service we provide.

Here’s what you can expect to do as a Senior Sales Person with Civils & Lintels:

• Effectively engage and help motivate the team to achieve the department/section financial targets and meet operational needs.
• Develop sales opportunities for new, lapsed and existing customers.
• Analyse the trading report to establish current activity and communicate the outcome to the team.
• Communicate and negotiate with customers to secure the most profitable quotes and on-going business.
• Continually update your knowledge of competitor’s activities.
• Maintain an awareness of current market trends, preferred suppliers’ product ranges and develop key supplier relationships.
• Actively identify own and department employee training needs and provide on the job training, guidance and coaching to all members of the team.

We realise that you are more than just a CV and embracing everyone’s individuality is what makes us great as a team. We can give you plenty of training and equip you with the tools that you’ll need to succeed as a Senior Sales Person but you will need strong relationship building skills and experience of managing a team, preferably within a similar environment.

We know you’re thinking ‘this sounds great, but what’s in it for me?’ Let us tell you:

• A strong annual leave allowance, alongside your bank holidays
• Company performance bonus scheme
• Acontributory pension scheme
• Company funded Life Assurance
• Agenerous colleague discount scheme
• Arange of training and development programmes to help you progress your career

If you’re in the trade or have ever tackled a home improvement project, you’ve probably heard of us. We’re the Huws Gray Group and we’re made up of a number of brands, including Huws Gray, Huws Gray Plant & Tool Hire, Civils & Lintels, The Timber Group, PDM, NDI and Anglia Tool Centre to name a few. Up and down the UK, our branches are serving and supporting our local communities with all their building material needs, but we couldn’t do this without the right people, so why not join us?

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