Trade Counter Assistant

Do you live close to **Harrogate?**

Do you have Trade Counter Sales and Customer experience?

Do you have a driving licence?

Jewson Partnership Solutions are recruiting now for an ambitious Trade Counter Sales Assistants x 2.

**Working Hours**

Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm

**Location**:
1 Freemans Way
Forest Lane
Harrogate
HG3 1RW

As a Trade Counter Sales Assistant will have one of the most important roles within the branch.

You will regularly be the first and last point of contact for customers visiting the branch so you play a huge part in delivering a fantastic customer experience.

To support the team you will be;
- Get to know our product lines and services in order to make the most of all customer interactions in line with our Jewson values
- Develop great relationships with new and existing customers (both face to face and over the phone), understanding their needs and providing proactive advice and solutions so that you can deliver the best experience possible
- Dealing with lapsed accounts
- Generating sales with new and existing customers
- Use our in-house systems to process customer orders, organise delivery times, and keep customers updated throughout their journey
- Keep the branch and yard looking clean and tidy, to make a great first impression on our customers
- Maintain stock levels, carrying out regular stock counts
- Work with colleagues to suggest opportunities for improvement

**What’s in it for you?**
- Competitive Basic Salary
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) - with Legal & General
- Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
- WorkPerks - A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
- Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Discount
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks
- New Reward and Recognition programme - launching soon
- 34 days holiday per year

Required Skills and Experience
- Trade Counter experience gained in Building Material Supplies or a Merchant
- Driving Licence is essential
- First and foremost, we always want to recruit great people that really understand our values and ways of working.
- It is important you have can evidence experience in motivating and driving sales for this role.
- You will already have strong communication and commercial awareness to be able to empower the team to provide great customer service.

About us

At **Jewson Partnership Solutions**we're proud to be part of **STARK** **Building Materials UK** and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well. 

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

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Relocation assistance
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):
**Experience**:

- Trade Counter Sales: 2 years (required)
- Builder Merchant: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JR28213