Senior Salesperson

**Aldershot**

**Full Time, Permanent**

**Monday - Friday with alternate Saturday mornings**

**£40,000 plus (DOE) plus Bonus**
Our client is the UK’s leading independent builders’ merchant with branches across England, Scotland and Wales. In this position, you will play a key role in the sale of their full range of building supplies products therefore previous sales experience in asimilar role within a plumbing/builder’s merchant environment is essential.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Providing quotations for customers
- Dealing with customers both face to face and over the telephone
- Giving excellent customer service and sound product advice
- Taking a proactive approach to building product sales, using every opportunity to make or increase a sale
- Use a customer relationship management system (CRM) holding a portfolio of 50 + customers
- Generate new business with existing and new customers
- Upsell and gap analysis on existing customers
- Cold calling and qualifying leads
- Quote follow up
- Caring for your own portfolio of customers
- Working on the trade counter

**Qualifications and Skills**
- Motivated, energetic, enthusiastic, self-driven, positive attitude
- Sound building supplies knowledge is required
- Previous sales experience in a / plumbing/builder’s merchant environment is a necessity
- Confident dealing with customers
- The ability to build great customer relationships
- A good telephone manner, excellent communication and interpersonal skill
- Computer literate.

**Benefits**
- A competitive pay package
- Generous discretionary bonus scheme
- Substantial staff discounts
- Training and development opportunities
- Holiday scheme which rewards length of service