Jewson
Sales Supervisor
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About the Role
Do you have a passion for working with people? Are you based in the Wimborne area?
Jewson, a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for a Sales Supervisor who's as passionate about great service as we are.
Company Benefits
We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
Hours
- 7:00am - 16:30pm or 7:30am to 17:00pm Monday to Friday
- Every other Saturday morning 8am-12pm
Location
Jewson, 120 Wimborne Rd W, Wimborne, BH21 2DT.
Key Responsibilities
- Building excellent relationships with new and lapsed customers so you can understand and meet their needs.
- Direct management of a team of 5 branch sales people.
- Maximising customer interactions to support achievement of sales and profit targets through upselling and cross-selling relevant products, offering specific product advice.
- Getting to know our suppliers and continuously looking for opportunities to improve product and industry knowledge.
- Ensuring all customer orders are fulfilled in a timely fashion.
- Following plans to continuously improve customer experience.
- Advising customers on trading terms and conditions and information in relation to customer accounts and credit levels.
- Supporting all Company initiatives.
- Develop and implement strategies to grow sales, setting clear objectives for the team and maximising growth through cross selling and leveraging our solutions such as Project Estimator and Tool Hire.
- Lead and engage colleagues via regular comms & team talks.
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Required Skills And Experience
- Strong understanding of sales processes, customer relationship management, and team performance drivers.
- In-depth knowledge of building materials, construction-related products, and the merchant industry including local market dynamics and competitor activity.
- Sound awareness of commercial metrics (margin, pricing, conversion rates, sales forecasting, etc.) with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and take action to improve performance.
- Strong leadership, communication, and people management skills, able to inspire, coach, and develop a high-performing proactive sales team.
- Proven track record of managing a sales team and achieving or exceeding targets.
- Solid organizational and problem-solving skills – able to manage team workload, set priorities, and ensure processes are followed.
- Ability to work collaboratively with branch leadership and other departments.
What’s In It For You
- Discretionary bonus.
- A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more.
- Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support.
- Generous employee discounts.
- Access to discounts with hundreds of your favourite high street and online retailers.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Life assurance.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
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Why STARK?
At Jewson 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.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!
What's Next…
If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
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