Internal Sales / Branch Assistant

Salary: £33,600 per year

Vacancy Ref – JR1505

Role: Internal Sales Executive / Branch Assistant

Industry: Electrical Wholesale

Location – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Working hours – Full time permanent Monday to Friday with Saturday mornings on a rota (usually 1 in 3)

Salary – up to circa £33,600 per annum + bonus

Rhodium Consulting is recruiting for an Internal Sales person / Branch Assistant to join an established electrical wholesale business in the Cambridge area.

The role will involve working within a small team of people dealing with pricing enquiries, technical queries and sales orders.

A proportion of the role will be reactive calls dealing with incoming queries as well as outbound sales calls to win new business.

As part of a small team your duties will also include serving customers on the trade counter and some stores work when required.

This role could suit someone with some trade counter experience who is looking to progress onto the next stage in their career or an experienced telephone sales person with a flexible attitude.

Responsibilities will include:

Handling enquiries

Regular phone contact of customers to secure orders on electrical wholesale products

Assisting with organising the trade counter

Being aware of the commercial value and profit of the products being sold

Setting up new customers, payments terms

Raising Quotations for customer orders

Progressing queries

Providing technical advice where required

Reactive and proactive telephone sales

Serving customers at the trade counter

Developing the customer base by regular contact which may include customer visits where required

Use of computer system including quotations, enquiries, back orders

Skills Required:

Experience of the electrical wholesale sector is preferable although our client would consider candidates from a wider trade background working for companies such as Screwfix, Toolstation or a plumbers merchant for example

Ideally some knowledge of electrical products

Polished communication skills (written and verbal)

Computer literate (inc Microsoft Office)

Enjoys speaking to people on the phone

Reliable and committed working attitude with great organisational skills

A hard-working team player with a flexible and helpful attitude

A self-motivated person with a flexible attitude and good work ethic who understands the importance of getting the job done and responding to the customer as promised, efficient and effective.

Positive with a friendly “can do” attitude.

A good listener who is keen to learn, develop new skills and “get on” in the business.

You will have a good understanding of the trade sales industry and be able to communicate with a wide variety of people.

Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday mornings on a rota basis, full time permanent position.

Salary up to circa £33,600 per annum + bonus potential

All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Rhodium Consulting Ltd is a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in wholesalers, merchants and distributors within the building products sector. We strive to be the industry leader in delivering the highest calibre of candidates to our client companies, whilst enhancing the careers of our candidates. For further information and contact details, please apply.