Showroom Sales Assistant - flexible hours

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Showroom Sales Assistant - flexible hours, Folkestone

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Client:

City Plumbing

Location:

Folkestone, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

93944ca9f8f0

Job Views:

9

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

#ShowOffYourShowroom

Come and join us as a results driven Showroom Sales Assistant on a flexible hours basis to grow and deliver sales as part of a hugely successful branch team. You will be contracted to 16 hours a week, but you will be flexible to work a weekly pattern of up to 37.5 hours a week to cover peak trading hours, holidays and meet business needs

The role:

As a Showroom Sales Assistant, you know that the perfect bathroom needs planning, it requires trust, a creative flair and the ability to bring an idea to life - this is where you come in! You will support the Showroom Sales Manager with the day to day running of the showroom, and assist in sales business development. The Showroom Sales Assistant will visit customers in their homes to take measurements, ahead of working to design their ideal bathroom. You’ll also attend networking events as well as having the opportunity to run them. The Showroom Sales Assistant will be an expert at building rapport quickly and creating trusted relationships to ensure that everything we do enables us to deliver on our promises to our customers and exceed expectations. You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way!

You will be contracted to 16 hours a week, but you will be flexible to work a pattern of up to 37.5 hours a week to cover peak trading hours, holidays and meet business needs. We know that work shouldn't get in the way of life, so where possible, hours and shifts will be agreed with you with plenty of notice so that you know exactly what you are doing and when!

Key Responsibilities:

• To create and maintain a loyal customer base through a continuous proactive approach, building rapport with customers and generating new and repeat business.
• Deliver an exceptionally high level of service
• Working and collaborating with your in-branch colleagues to build relationships and cross sell to our current trade customers.
• Assist in making sure the bathroom showroom is known locally, use creative ways to ensure the local area knows you are there and the brilliant service you offer.
• Always striving to make your showroom the best in order to anticipate and exceed customer needs.
• Previous sales experience in a similar environment is preferable, but the right positive attitude is more important!

You:

Whilst sales experience is not essential, it is important to understand that this is a results based role with a strong focus on targeted sales. Your ability to influence along with your persuasive nature will aid your success in this role; with bags of energy and enthusiasm you’ll be a confident go-getter who is passionate about delivering an exceptionally high level of customer service. You will use a combination of intensive training and a natural desire to achieve and drive sales through the development of strong customer relationships and bringing new customers into the showroom.You'll be flexible with working hours and able to work up to 37.5 hours a week

Skills and competencies:

• Tenacity and resilience
• A pro-active approach to sales, with a strong desire and ability to win and grow new business
• Self confident and self motivated, with the ability to work on own initiative or as part of a wider team

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they feel they don’t have every one of the required skills. All Highbourne Group companies are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So if you’re interested in this role but think that your previous experience doesn’t completely match - apply anyway. You could be just the person we’re looking for!

Us:

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

#BelongWithUs

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.

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Created on 26/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom