Trainee Sales Representatives
Our client is the global leader in the production and distribution of wood products used in everything from furniture and flooring to timber-framed houses, building facades, and construction. In doing so, they help to build a better world. They are focused on achieving operational excellence with relentless attention to safety and sustainability.
Main duties and responsibilities
As part of their continued growth strategy, our client now has an exciting opportunity for regional sales ambassadors. They currently have availability in Reading, Southampton, and Bristol.
These are full-time, permanent positions offering a competitive salary, car allowance, and bonus.
This is a junior position and offers the right candidate an exciting opportunity into the life of external sales. The Sales Ambassador will work remotely and promote our client's range to end-user customers within a designated region. They will work with their distribution network to enable and develop pull-through sales.
* Travelling to and visiting end-user customers, including shop fitters, manufacturers, office furniture manufacturers, cabinet makers, joiners, timber/panel merchants, specifiers, architects, exhibition manufacturers, distributors, holiday home manufacturers, door manufacturers, cubicle manufacturers, and panel cutting companies.
* Developing and pitching a relevant product presentation by researching the potential client's requirements, dealing with their arising issues, negotiating and agreeing on key actions, and following up.
* Liaising with various distributors to pass on and follow up leads generated.
* Preparing visit reports – detailed competitor information – prices, volumes, portfolio; customer potential updates, tasks.
* Finding new customers, ensuring existing contacts are visited in a systematic way, and ensuring visits are planned by area in the most efficient route.
* Acquiring detailed knowledge of customer needs and product portfolio, and additional products/decors.
Requirements
As this is a junior position, they welcome applications from those with limited experience, including graduates.
Experience of working in retail or hospitality sectors would be ideal for this position.
As this role requires substantial travel, a full UK driving license is a must-have.
The offer
Just some of what they are able to offer includes:
* Attractive salary, car allowance, and bonus.
* Exciting and challenging work.
* Continued training, support, and career development.
* The opportunity to work with and learn from industry-leading people who are committed to technical excellence.
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