Drainage & Civils Sales Advisor

Grafton Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Basic Salary

Private Health Care

Sick Pay Scheme

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

Pension Scheme

Colleague Saving Scheme

Profit Share Scheme

Colleague Discount

Educational Assistance

Wellness Initiatives

Job summary

Davies Group, part of Grafton Group Plc, is the market leader in the Drainage & Civils industry in the Republic of Ireland. Main brands include Chadwick's, Heiton Buckley, Cork Builders Providers, Panelling Centre, & Telford's.

The role is a Drainage & Civils Trade Sales Advisor responsible for delivering knowledgeable, friendly service while optimizing sales and gross profit, maintaining high standards of customer care for existing customers.

Qualifications

• Experience in drainage & civils is preferable.
• Experience managing large key accounts is advantageous.
• Track record of meeting sales and margin targets.
• Good knowledge of drainage & civils products.
• Basic computer skills including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Build effective relationships with key customers to understand requirements and supply the right products.
• Identify sales opportunities and offer advice to maximize profitable sales and margin.
• Achieve sales and margin targets.
• Ensure paperwork complies with company policies.
• Liaise with suppliers as needed.
• Support the Manager and team to ensure efficient operation within policy.
• Maintain a tidy working environment following health and safety guidelines.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Team working

Interpersonal skills

Written and verbal communication

Flexibility to learn

People orientation

Tact and diplomacy

Target-driven

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

Drainage & Civils Trade Sales Advisor- 150 Harmonstown Road, Raheny, Dublin 5

Part of Grafton Group Plc, Davies Group is the market leader in the Drainage & Civils industry in the Republic of Ireland. Main brands include Chadwick's, Heiton Buckley, Cork Builders Providers, Panelling Centre, & Telford's.

Principle Objective

The role of Drainage & Civils Trade Sales Advisor is to provide our customers with a knowledgeable, friendly and dependable service whilst at the same time optimizing sales and gross profit, promoting the company's products and services in a professional manner and delivering a superior standard of customer care to our existing customers.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience working in a Drainage & Civils providers preferable
• Previous experience managing large key accounts preferably
• A proven track record of achieving and exceeding both sales and margin targets
• Good knowledge of Drainage & Civils products
• Previous sales experience an advantage
• Basic computer skills, including Excel

Key Responsibilities

• Build effective working relationships with key customers, to understand their requirements thus ensuring that the correct products are supplied
• Use initiative to identify sales opportunities and offer advice and solutions to customers, thus maximizing profitable sales and margin
• Achieving Sales & margin targets
• Ensure that company policies are always followed when producing paperwork associated with sales
• Liaise with suppliers where necessary
• Support the Manager and colleagues in working as a team to ensure the division operates efficiently and effectively within company policy
• Always ensure a tidy working environment in line with health and safety guidelines
• Perform any other duties as may be deemed necessary or as may be required by the company

Essential Competencies

• Effective team working
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• the flexibility and willingness to learn
• To enjoy working with people
• Tact and diplomacy
• Dynamic, motivated & driven to achieve targets
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail

Key Relationships

• Branch Colleagues
• Division Manager
• Support Office team
• Sales Representative
• Customers & Suppliers

Our Benefits Include

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Private Health Care
• Sick Pay Scheme
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• Pension Scheme
• Colleague Saving Scheme
• Profit Share Scheme
• Colleague Discount
• Educational Assistance
• Wellness Initiatives

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Davies, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

DISCLAIMER:

Davies reserves the right at any time to change, delete, or add to any of the provisions of this Role Profile at its sole discretion and it is the colleague's responsibility to familiarise themselves with these changes. Furthermore, the provisions of this Role Profile are designed by Davies to serve as guidelines rather than absolute responsibilities and duties.