Counter Sales

Huws Gray, one of the Market leading builders Merchants is currently seeking a Counter Sales person for their Flint Depot. The successful applicant will receive a competitive salary plus a good bonus and benefit scheme.

Since being established in 1990, we have built up our timber, plumbing and building supplies business from being a one branch outlet to become Wales' and the North West of England's largest independent Builders Merchants.

We strive to provide the best services across the country and the recruitment of our people is very important to us. Winning new business, increasing turnover and profitability are all key to a healthy business, but it's our people who deliver them. And that's where you could play a part.

The successful Counter Sales Person will work as part of a team, reporting to the Branch Management Team. This role offers great career progression throughout the company. As a Counter Sales Person you will be responsible for providing excellent customer service at all times. Your key responsibilities include:-

- Counter and telephone sales

- Maintaining and developing sales leads

- Following up sales enquiries and quotations

- Maintaining and developing existing and new customer relationships

- Achieving and exceeding your sales targets

- Understanding margins and costs

- Continually develop and update your product knowledge

- Completing all necessary paperwork in line with Huws Gray procedures

- Ensuring efficient stock ordering procedures

- Maintaining clean, tidy and effective product displays

- Displaying a flexible, hands-on approach to all aspects of the work

- Looking for new and exciting ways to drive the branch sales forward

- Reporting these ideas to your branch management team and obtaining feedback

- Working as part of a team but also able to work on your own initiative

- Exceeding our customers' expectations by dealing with them professionally and courteously, by telephone or face-to-face on the sales counter

- Ensuring a high standard of customer care and service

- Being an ambassador for the company at all times

- Attending in-house and external training as and when required

You will need to be:

- A sales generator rather than just an order-taker

- An excellent team player who can also work on your own initiative

- A cool-headed multi-tasker

- A good communicator with a sense of humour

- Approachable, positive and polite

- Motivated, energetic and passionate about your work

- In possession of basic numeracy, literacy and IT skills

- Keen to learn and develop within the company

If you are looking to join one of the market leaders as a Sales Counter Person please apply now!