Sales Assistant

Sales Assistant

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Location: Folkestone, Kent (CT19 5EU) - Plumb Centre

Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group, is a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We put our people and customers at the heart of everything we do and provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

In addition to the £26,965 salary, there are benefits including annual leave, a generous pension scheme, potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme, and more!

As a Sales Assistant based in Folkestone, you'll be responsible for:

• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations
• Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude
• Proactively contacting customers to build relationships and drive branch growth, particularly focusing on those with reduced or inactive spending
• General warehouse duties including picking & packing customer orders, unpacking and putting away deliveries and ensuring high standards are maintained in the branch
• Manual handling of heavy items e.g. boilers, radiators, sinks and toilets
• Driving a 3.5T van delivering plumbing and heating supplies to local customers

This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday - Friday between 06.30am - 5pm and Saturdays on a rota basis 08.00am - 12.00pm.

We'd like you to have:

• Full UK Manual Driving Licence is essential
• Industry/merchant experience would be advantageous
• Experience in face to face sales and customer service
• Warehouse experience
• Willingness to work as a part of a team and to take on a diverse role
• Keenness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic
• To be comfortable lifting heavy items

We look forward to receiving your application!