Trade Counter - Builders Merchant

Interaction - Watford; Basildon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks an experienced Trade Counter Sales professional to join a busy client in Hanwell. The ideal candidate will have a background in builders merchants and will serve customers, process orders, and liaise with suppliers. This full-time role offers a competitive salary of £30k to £35k per annum, Monday to Saturday working hours, with opportunities for growth into an Assistant Branch Manager position.

Qualifications

• Previous trade counter experience is essential.
• Must have experience working in a builders merchant.
• Strong numerical skills to work out margins and product quantities.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers over the trade counter.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers via phone and email.
• Process orders and send quotes.

Skills

Trade counter experience

Fluent in Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic or Hindi

Strong numerical skills

Customer-facing confidence

Computer literate

Job description

Job Description

Interaction Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced Trade Counter Sales candidate from a builders merchant background to join their busy client in Hanwell on a full-time permanent basis. This role is working Monday to Friday 07 : 00 to 16 : 30 and Saturday 07 : 00 to 10 : 30 (1 Saturday on 1 off rota). This is a great opportunity which can offer future growth in to Assistant Branch Manager role for the right candidate.

Salary : £30k to £35k per annum DOE

This role involves :

• serving customers over the trade counter
• liaising with customers and suppliers via phone and email
• sending quotes
• processing orders
• building rapport with existing and new customers
• bringing on new business and lapsed customers
• supporting yard / back office staff
• providing product knowledge to customers

To be considered for this role you must have / be :

• previous trade counter experience
• previous experience working in a builders merchant
• fluent Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic or Hindi speaking would be preferred but not essential
• confident facing customers
• strong numerical skills to work out margins and product quantities
• computer literate
• able to work Monday to Saturday
• local to Hanwell or able to commute easily
• good telephone manner

If you're interested...