External Sales Representative

**Are you a customer focused, enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in a busy trade environment?**

We have an opportunity for an experienced **External Sales Representative **to join our team, supporting our **Myers Building Supplies **branches located in **Sowerby Bridge **and **Brighouse**, on a **full time, permanent **basis.

**Myers Building Supplies** has 16 branches throughout Yorkshire and is part of the family-owned Myers Group. We are looking to recruit a motivated individual with a positive attitude to join our committed and experienced team supplying a whole range of building materials including kitchens and bathrooms. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful family business with strong links to the local community.

**The successful External Sales Representative will receive a competitive rate of pay plus fantastic benefits including;**
- Excellent Holiday Allowance (including day off on your birthday) which increases with length of service.
- Pension Scheme
- Training & Development Programs to help meet your career ambitions
- Staff Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Maintains and grows a portfolio of approximately 150 customers
- Identifies business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry, researching and analysing sales options
- Sells products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects, recommending solutions
- Maintains relationships with clients by providing support, information, and guidance; researching and recommending new opportunities; recommending profit and service improvements
- Identifies product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors
- Prepares reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information
- Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Attend meetings and group discussions where required
- Any other reasonable duties which may be required by the Company from time to time, as instructed by or under the direction of your immediate supervisor

**Skills and Attributes**
- Must be PC literate
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight schedules
- A professional attitude and demeanour
- Experience in customer service and builders’ merchants
- Dispute resolution
- Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Must be self-motivated, have strong interpersonal skills and can solve problems at source
- Must possess excellent organisational skills and good time management
- Must be self-driven, genuine with a positive attitude and clear focus
- Must be sufficiently mobile and flexible to work beyond the call of duty to achieve results

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established forward thinking family business, salary negotiable based upon skills and experience.

If you feel you have all the skills and knowledge required to join our team as an **External Sales Representative,** please click ‘Apply’ today.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established forward thinking family business, salary negotiable based upon skills and experience.

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

**Salary**: From £35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car
- Employee discount

Schedule:

- Day shift