Salary:
£26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Sales Assistant - Newbury, Berkshire (RG14 5SS) - Pipe and Climate Centre
So, who are we? We are Pipe and Climate Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.
Also, did we mention? In addition to the £26,695 salary, there are also benefits on tap – including...
Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.
We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more.
As a Sales Assistant based in Newbury, you’ll be responsible for:
Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations and quotations.
Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude
Proactively contacting customers to build relationships and drive branch sales particularly focusing on customers with reduced or inactive spending
Assisting with general warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the system and putting it away in the warehouse which will involve manual handling of heavy items e.g. boilers, radiators, sinks and toilets
Ensuring high standards are maintained in the branch
This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday 07.30am - 430pm. No weekend work required.
And here’s what we’d like you to have:
Prior industry or trade experience would be ideal
Previous face to face customer service/sales experience is essential
To be a team player who is happy to assist in all areas to ensure the smooth running of the branch
Willingness to work as a part of a team and to take on a diverse role
Keenness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic
To be comfortable lifting heavy items
We look forward to receiving your application!
Wolseley Group is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade professionals.
We supply 160,000 different products from three distribution centres to over 650 branches across the UK. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of a leading UK specialist distributor across plumbing, heating, cooling pipe and infrastructure products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.
