Direct Sales Representative

3 weeks ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom DS Smith Full time

**About us**

DS Smithis a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and papermaking operations. We play a central role in the value chain across sectors including e-commerce, fast moving consumer goods and industrials.

Headquartered in London and a member of the FTSE 100, DS Smith operates in 34 countries employing around 30,000 people and we are a Strategic Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

**About the role**

Are you currently working in direct sales and wanting to progress your career? We may have just the role for you.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active, and self-motivated individual to join the UK Sheet Plant Division as our Direct Sales Representative, providing packaging services to a whole range of customers. This role will be responsible for managing an existing customer base across the sites whilst identifying new opportunities that maximise benefits for both us and the customer. Working with your colleagues in Design and Commercial, you will review costings and build proposals for each customer to best meet the their needs. There is also opportunities to collaborate with the customers to identify opportunities in their supply chain to improve efficiencies and reduce cost through development of innovative solutions.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wishes to progress within a career within sales as with our supportive team and excellent development opportunities, we see this person progressing onto senior sales roles in the future.

Being organised with fantastic attention to detail is vital to this role as you will ensure our pricing & costing documents and customer quotes are all accurate and updated as needed. This role is a central part of our team and deals with lots of different information, so being able to a variety of stakeholders and internal partners is key to being successful in this role. You will also be liaising directly with customers so a perfect role for a natural people-person.

So, if you have excellent attention to detail, have experience of working within a customer facing role and fancy new challenge within a sales function - then we might be looking for you

**About you**
- You'll have direct sales experience - ideally within a B2B FMCG environment
- Strong telephone manner and able to build rapport with customers
- Strong negotiation skills
- Able to work independently but also comfortable building strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders around the business
- A positive and can-do attitude
- Strong organisational skills with proven ability to handle multiple tasks at any given time
- Computer literate, especially on Microsoft package

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary (£24,000-£34,000 dependent on direct sales experience)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discounts
- Cycle to work scheme

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£34,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Plymouth, PL7 4BZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Sales: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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