Sales Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per year

SIG Plc. is a leading supplier of specialist building materials to trade customers across Europe with strong positions in its core markets as a specialist distributor of insulation and interiors products and as a merchant of roofing and exteriors products.
We are currently looking to recruit a Sales Assistant to establish and maintain efficient relationships with both customers and suppliers on a daily basis.
What does the role involve?
As Sales Assistant, you will be required to engage with customers both over the phone and face to face, therefore candidates should be confident to take orders, pick products and also help with some office administration. You will develop and maintain new sales which will be beneficial and profitable, by pro-actively targeting new customers, along with developing and growing a designated account list. Therefore, strong relationships both internally and externally are vital in this role as you will be required to liaise with other departments and third parties to provide accurate calculations.
The successful candidate will require:
• Excellent customer service, IT skills and educated to a good level of English and Mathematics
• To be well organised and efficient in order to manage merchandise, promotions and price lists in line with the suppliers and sales team
• Previous internal sales support experience, purchasing / sales order processing experience
In return we offer:
• Highly Competitive salary with annual pay award and excellent bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. Company closed during Christmas period
• A great pension, with SIG contributing up to 7.5% and up to 4x life insurance 
• Money saving with retail discounts via colleague portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Share Incentive Scheme