As a Territory Sales Consultant, you will be driving growth in top line sales at assigned B&Q stores in This role will be working across Oldham, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Halifax through implementing sales/marketing programs, training activities, service and merchandising responsibilities. Please note you are required to live within this area.
This role is ideal for someone with sales or customer service experience from within a retail or customer facing environment, ideally with management or training experience. The position holds an attractive salary, sales bonus, lunch allowance, company car, fuel card, company pension and ongoing career development and training.
Sales
1. Establish strong selling relationships with store associates, store management and other customer contacts
2. Continually promote and represent the brand and product strengths to B&Q store teams and consumers.
3. Utilize the CRM system to document sales calls and store visits.
4. Conduct events to promote products and to increase sales.
5. Ensuring in store activations and business activity are executed successfully in each store.
6. Prepare performance summary to Regional Manager of Sales performance, Training, Business Directed Activity and In Store Activations monthly that meet or exceed goals
7. Develop, promote, implement and evaluate Partnerships across customer base including periodic formal meetings with Store Unit Managers as directed by the business
8. Ensure that the Sherwin Williams brands are leveraged across the customer base
Training
9. Conduct product knowledge training sessions for all B&Q Store teams. Training should include features, benefits as well as selling skills and may include a demo of the products.
10. Conduct sales training to current and newly hired B&Q Store Team
11. Train store teams on equipment, and in Store Excellence and maintenance.. tinting machines
Service
12. Identify opportunities in service/upselling and maximizing resource at store level with solution
13. Assist store teams with all customer service activity including tinting/mixing paint as needed.
14. Department review of all SW products. Review all products on shelf to ensure products are fully stocked and properly displayed. Replace defected products (dents, labels,etc…)
Merchandising / Color Collateral / Displays
15. Maintain store signage, merchandising displays, color chip and color card stock.
16. Ordering inventory of collateral to ensure inventory is stocked.
Misc. Responsibilities
17. Region support as needed
18. Attended required conference calls
19. Attend local and non-local trainings as required (. Sales Excellence)
20. Attend Regional Sales Meetings and National Sales Meeting(s)
21. Complete required paperwork/reports in a timely manner. This includes but is not limited to CRM logging/updates,, expense reporting, etc..
What we are looking for...
22. Previous experience in Customer Service, Sales, Marketing or merchandising
23. Experience coaching, mentoring others an advantage
24. Retail experience
25. Ability to work a flexible work schedule which includes 2 Saturdays a month and bank holidays
26. Valid driver’s license required for the role
***Please be aware that you can apply for any internal job offer after minimum one year in current role having previously informed your manager.
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