Regional Sales Advisor

As a business, we offer solutions to increase the mobility of elderly and physically challenged people, to enable them to live an independent and active life.

We design and manufacture** **our own range of straight and curved stairlifts as well as partnering with key suppliers to offer a broad product range to meet customer needs. We operate in more than 40 countries and we’re growing all the time.

We are a passionate and friendly team of people who care deeply about Making Everyday Life Easier for our customers.

**Position**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Sales Advisor / Surveyor to join our Local Authority team looking after the Southeast region. This is a field-based role which involves travel around the regional area.

The main purpose of the role is to maintain and grow sales through existing local authority contracts and to develop additional business with new partners. You will need to support sales in the Local Authority sector, by providing a supportive, consultative, and proactive service to our partners and potential partners, ensuring Handicare maintain existing relationships and attract new business.

**Requirements**:

- Well organised with the ability to plan and deliver own workload to optimum efficiency.
- A proactive approach to customer management, ensuring relationships are developed and maintained.
- Able to understand, generate and explain technical drawings
- Ability to communicate effectively with end users and Local Authority staff, explaining and communicating sometimes complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand way
- Take an empathetic approach to end users and their home environment, understanding their needs and challenges
- A basic understanding of plumbing and electrical works, to effectively complete surveys
- Ability to take accurate measurements, with good attention to detail
- Have a practical understanding of how a house/property is constructed and configured, with the spatial awareness and ability to measure a staircase area to assess suitability for a stairlift.
- Good business commercial acumen
- PC literate (MS Office suite) with the ability to work across a variety of systems and with a variety of hardware
- Practical understanding of Building Regulations, Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Customers In Vulnerable Circumstances.
- Adaptability to operate in a variety of settings and within challenging circumstances.
- An understanding of the complete customer order process

**Skills required;**
- Able to understand, generate and explain technical drawings
- Ability to communicate effectively with end users and Local Authority staff, explaining and communicating sometimes complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand way
- Take an empathetic approach to end users and their home environment, understanding their needs and challenges
- A basic understanding of plumbing and electrical works, to effectively complete surveys
- Ability to take accurate measurements, with good attention to detail
- Have a practical understanding of how a house/property is constructed and configured, with the spatial awareness and ability to measure a staircase area to assess suitability for a stairlift.
- Good business commercial acumen
- PC literate (MS Office suite) with the ability to work across a variety of systems and with a variety of hardware
- Practical understanding of Building Regulations, Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Customers In Vulnerable Circumstances.
- Adaptability to operate in a variety of settings and within challenging circumstances.
- An understanding of the complete customer order process
- Self-motivated and customer focused with an ability to achieve targets and deadlines.

This role comes with a generous monthly bonus and either a company car or car allowance and therefore a full UK driving license is essential.

We are a passionate and friendly team of people who care deeply about **Making Everyday Life Easier** for our customers and if you think you could make a positive difference in our business, we would love to hear from you

**Other information**:

- Monday - Friday, 8-hour shift
- Salary - £25,200 increasing to £26,200 after probation.
- Bonus potential of £8,000 per annum paid monthly
- Company vehicle and fuel provided
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Wellbeing benefits programme

**Salary**: £25,200.00-£26,200.00 per year + Bonus + Company car