Trade Telesales & Growth Specialist

Howden Joinery Limited; Axminster; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Pension plan

Holiday entitlement

Staff discount

Share scheme

40 hour week

No evenings/Bank Holidays

Virtual GP & wellbeing support

Team bonus

Job summary

Howdens Joinery Limited in Axminster is seeking a Business Developer to grow local depot business by building relationships with trade customers, generating leads, and arranging appointments. You’ll work with Kitchen Sales Designers and Territory Sales Representatives to convert conversations into opportunities and sales.

You’ll be responsible for calling existing trade customers, spotting opportunities, and driving daily call activity while supporting depot operations and achieving targets.

Qualifications

• A confident communicator who is comfortable speaking to customers on the phone and face to face.
• Enjoy building relationships and turning conversations into opportunities.
• Commercially minded with a focus on driving sales and adding value.
• Self-motivated, positive and proactive.
• Organised and reliable, able to manage customer activity and pipelines.
• Comfortable working to call targets and activity levels.
• Experience in telesales, account management or a customer-focused role is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Calling existing trade customers to build long-term relationships and grow future business.
• Using customer data to spot inactivity and bring accounts back on track.
• Managing a targeted customer list and achieving daily call activity levels.
• Keeping up to date with customer projects to identify opportunities to add value and drive repeat business.
• Arranging surveys and appointments for Kitchen Sales Designers.
• Promoting products, offers and events to keep customers engaged.
• Supporting administration, including invoicing and general depot tasks.
• Working closely with the wider team to help the depot hit its targets and deliver great service.

Skills

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Sales driven

Self-motivated

Organised

Target-focused

Telesales experience

Job description

Howdens Joinery Limited in Axminster is seeking a Business Developer to grow local depot business by building relationships with trade customers, generating leads, and arranging appointments. You’ll work with Kitchen Sales Designers and Territory Sales Representatives to convert conversations into opportunities and sales.

You’ll be responsible for calling existing trade customers, spotting opportunities, and driving daily call activity while supporting depot operations and achieving targets.