National Junior Retail Sales Merchandiser – Retailers / Trade

This is an excellent opportunity for a Junior-level Sales Merchandiser ideally with sales and visual merchandising experience to join us. We are manufacturers of specialist anchors and fixings for construction, industrial and retail markets. In 1919 the company was founded, after John J. Rawlings, a London builder, developed and patented the first ever specialist wall fixing. Full product training will be provided

Role Info:

National Junior Retail Sales Merchandiser – National Accounts (Product Training and Demos)
Field based – North East to South East (M1 Corridor)
Basic Salary £23,000 Plus Team Commission/Bonus Structure (£30,000 OTE)
Plus Company Car/4×4 Truck (fully expensed) Plus Laptop & Mobile Phone

Who we are:

Manufacturers of specialist anchors and fixings for construction, industrial and retail markets. In 1919 the company was founded, after John J. Rawlings, a London builder, developed and patented the first ever specialist wall fixing.

His revolutionary fibre plug was the product from which the modern range of the brand's fixings was to develop.
The company expanded dramatically and today is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialist anchoring and fixing systems, used in construction, industrial and retail markets.

Distribution on every continent and 100 years of industry experience.

The National Junior Retail Sales Merchandiser Role:

This position would suit someone with both sales and visual merchandising experience (Full product training will be provided).

Reporting to the National Accounts Manager the role will involve:

+ Build constructive face to face business relationships with both regional trade and retail market based customers.
+ Advance/evolve customer sales by way of product range merchandising, POS support, product training, trade day support.
+ Collaborating with existing National Accounts Business Development Managers in delivering short, mid and long term sales expansion objectives within key national distributors.
+ Promote the company’s product training and merchandising services by way of addressing or predicting clients’ key sales objectives.
+ Supporting National distributor promotion/new product launch sales initiatives.
+ Keep up to date records of sales, customer interaction and key projects via the company CRM system.
+ Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support.

What we are looking for:

+ You’ll ideally have sales and visual merchandising experience, although not essential.
+ You’ll be comfortable with working with data and analytical skills.
+ Able to demonstrate strong customer relationship/negotiation skills.
+ You’ll have resilience under pressure.
+ The ability to build and develop long term client relationships.
+ You’ll be passionate about delivering a good customer experience/journey.
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
+ Patient and friendly personality/team player.
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
+ You’ll be computer literate
+ Posses good time management

What We Offer in Return:

+ Basic Salary £23,000+ Commission/Bonus Structure
+ £30,000 OTE
+ Company Car (fully expensed)
+ Laptop & Mobile Phone
+ 25 days Annual Holiday
+ Company Pension
+ Company Reward Gateway Membership

Interested? Apply here for a fast-track path to the Hiring Manager

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