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Role: Internal Sales Executive
Location: Reading area
Sector: Building Materials / Timber / Construction Supplies / Builders Merchants
Package: £34,000 - £38,000 Mon - Fri Only!
- Our client is a successful building products / timber merchant who require an Internal Sales Professional.
- An important sales role with a focus on business development
- Some form of Builders Merchant sales related experience is required and the ideal candidate would have timber knowledge too.
- A proactive individual is required with great communication skills and strong attention to detail.
- Excellent package within a fantastic company offering excellent career prospects. Salary is entirely negotiable on experience.
They don't want an order processor!! They need a proactive, hungry sales professional ideally from the timber supplies or building supplies / builders merchants sector who will go above and beyond.
You will interact with customers mainly over the phone and by email but sometimes face to face as well. Asking questions, finding about the projects the clients are working on, taking quotation enquiries, developing rapport with these people and upselling where possible. You will need to be able to think on your feet and ideally demonstrate sound timber knowledge when called upon once established there.
The other part of the role is working on the quotations, generating the quotes and following these up, turning them into orders. We are looking for a confident individual with high levels of customer service. This role requires someone who is proactive and will pick up the phone and talk to customers!
This is an office based role however this position forms an ideal stepping stone to an external sales role further down the line which is an aspirational role within the industry. If the successful candidate contributes well to the business then is a plan to get them out on the road after approximately 18 months. Future progression is monitored and this company likes to promote from within.
Do you have experience within a builders merchants, in supplying construction materials or in timber merchants? Basically, if you have sales experience combined with some form of product knowledge then please apply!!
For further information on this Internal Sales / Business Developer role please apply online…
Industry Sector: Landscaping Materials, Timber Merchants, Timber Supplies, Timber Supplier, Building Merchants, Building Supplies, Construction sector. Recruiting Internal Sales, Trade Counter, Sales Negotiators, Sales Executives, Sales Representatives, Assistant Managers, Timber Specialists.
