Trainee Sales Executive

Barrett Steel Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Sales Administrator, where you will receive comprehensive training and support from an established sales team. This role offers the chance to develop your skills in a collaborative environment, focusing on both existing customers and new business opportunities. With a highly competitive salary and excellent benefits, including a cycle to work scheme and career progression, this position is perfect for those eager to grow in a sales-related role. Become a part of a respected leader in the steel industry, where your contributions will help shape the future of the business.

Benefits

Full on-the-job training

Highly competitive salary

Cycle to work scheme

Company discount scheme

Career progression

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Access to health and wellbeing services

Barrett Steel pension

Qualifications

• Passion and drive to work collaboratively in a sales environment.
• Eager to learn with strong interpersonal skills and a good telephone manner.

Responsibilities

• Answering customer enquiries and fielding calls to the right person.
• Developing new business through cold calling and maintaining client records.
• Raising sales orders and ensuring smooth order progression.

Skills

Sales Administration

Interpersonal Skills

Microsoft Office

Cold Calling

Customer Service

Job description

Barrett Steel Limited, the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 26 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. For more information about the company visit Barrett Steel.

All About the Role

This is an interesting new role, you will be given the training necessary to carry out your role, including mentoring by a strong, established sales team to develop business within our existing customer base whilst also seeking new opportunities. The hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5 pm.

Specific tasks could include:

1. Answering incoming calls, fielding customer enquiries to the appropriate person.
2. Help to develop new business with an emphasis on cold calling, ensuring potential clients are aware of what our business has to offer.
3. Checking stock availability and raising quotations.
4. Following up on sales quotes and maintaining client records.
5. Responding to non-sales queries such as order progression updates, transport queries, etc.
6. Contacting customers to obtain missing information and respond to queries.
7. Raising sales orders in the system and liaising with operations/transport and sales to ensure smooth order progression through processing and delivery.

We offer you:

1. Full on-the-job training.
2. Highly competitive salary depending on your experience.
3. Cycle to work scheme.
4. Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure.
5. Career progression.

All About You

Essential Skills for the role:

1. You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
2. Eager to learn with a can-do attitude with a desire for career development in a sales-related role.
3. Sales admin or previous sales experience would be a bonus.
4. Strong interpersonal skills and an excellent telephone manner.
5. Good level of IT & confident in Microsoft packages.
6. A full driving license.

How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.

Summary

Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits

Hours:

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Cycle to work scheme, Life assurance, Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure, Access to health and wellbeing services, Barrett Steel pension.