Sales Consultant

£27,352 + excellent sales bonus

Permanent, full-time

Isleworth Leisure Centre

About Lampton Leisure

We set established high standards with our exuberant, friendly, driven professional approach across all our sites in Brentford, Chiswick, Hanworth, Heston, Isleworth & Osterley. Our leisure centres boast a full range of facilities including fitness studios, health suites, swimming pools, indoor & outdoor courts, pitches, tracks, and café facilities. It is our mission to provide inclusive and safe environments where we deliver supportive and professional services for all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to make a real difference and an enjoyable customer experience for all users of the Centre's facilities.

About the Job

As a Sales Consultant at Lampton Leisure, you will be responsible for driving member retention, ensuring the customer is at the forefront of all we do. You will establish and maintain excellent relationships with our customers and potential future customers whilst ensuring our retention team is always delivering excellent customer service.

Key Responsibilities include:Make outbound telephone calls with the aim to retain customers. Handle customer calls in an efficient and effective manner, giving great customer services over telephone, email, live chat and in person. To achieve and exceed customer retention targets and KPIsEnsure all customer sales and bookings are managed correctly, assisting customers in their choices. Manage prospects database and contribute towards lead generation in accordance with marketing planning, including outreach.Meetings with team managers to help improve customer service and retention for the site, working together to develop changes. Respond to customer queries on all platforms including social media, website and customer feedback.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent and proven sales experience, with experience achieving sales-based targets. You will have the ability to build strong relationships and influence and motivate other team members. Good computer skills with experience of using a CRM / Booking software would be ideal. Employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check & reference checks

Due to the needs of the business and the department, we may interview suitable candidates before the closing date. This job may also close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.

About Lampton Group

The Lampton Group of companies (the "Group") was established by the London Borough of Hounslow (the "Council") in 2012 in order to fulfil two main objectives: to deliver social value services on a local level; and to be commercial; fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and promoting growth. The Group has a social heart with a commercial head and delivers outstanding services across the Borough of Hounslow.

We are made up of five distinct business areas:

Services - delivering first class repairs, maintenance, and facilities management to Council and Lampton Group owned residential housing.Recycle - delivering domestic refuse and commercial waste collection as well as recycling services.Greenspace - delivering horticulture and conservation services, and parks maintenance.Leisure – delivering six leisure and sports centres, with facilities offering everything from state-of-the-art gyms, multiple swimming pools, tennis courts, soft play, a running track and more.Homes – delivering up to 1500 new build homes over the next 5 years by re-developing local authority land into residential and mixed-use projects.

Our companies represent a bold, new and ambitious approach by a London Borough. Underpinning everything we do are our CORE values: Customer First. One Team. Respectful. Energised.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.

Important information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).