Customer Support & Sales Specialist

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Truro
Salary
Competitive
Posted
21 Sep 2020
Closes
06 Oct 2020
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Customer Support and Sales Specialist

Truro, South West of England

This position is working for Minster part of the Saint Gobain group Global winners of

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We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Minster brand in Truro. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and well established team and play a pivotal role in providing a first class service.

Your responsibilities will include

Contribute towards an excellent customer experience and work towards Branch sales and profit targets by:
Processing all administration of account queries in a timely fashion
Maximising customer interactions to support achievement of sales and profit targets through upselling and cross-selling relevant products offering specific product advice
Realising full potential of all customer interactions and build strong, effective relationships with customers and suppliers, managing feedback accordingly
Ensuring all customer orders are fulfilled in a timely fashion
Supporting all Company initiatives
Following plans to continuously improve customer experience
Understanding local market issues and communicate to Manager to support sales growth plansExperience required

Essential

Excellent communication skills at all levels and across all channels
Strong administration and organisation skills
Process driven with good attention to detail
A basic understanding of the market and product knowledge
Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
Proactive, flexible and enthusiastic attitude
Demonstrable customer service focus
IT literate
Able to create and maintain successful relationships
Able to handle difficult situations and diffuse conflictDesirable

GCSEs (Or equivalent) - Maths & English
Relevant forklift licence
Experience in a sales/customer focussed role
Market and product knowledgeBenefits of joining

A great open working environment.
A defined contribution pension scheme.
31 days holiday including the statutory bank holidays (Increasing to 33 with service).
Flexible Holiday buy-sell scheme (allowing up to 3 days holiday to be bought or sold).
A defined share purchasing scheme (Each month you put away an agreed amount from your 'pre-tax' pay and we use it to buy Saint-Gobain shares for you. As an added bonus, for every four shares you buy Saint-Gobain will give you an extra share free of charge).
As an employee you are automatically covered by the Saint-Gobain Life Assurance Scheme.
Staff discounts and various other benefits