STARK Building Materials UK
Senior Sales Adviser
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Job Opportunity: Senior Sales Adviser at Jewson
Do you have a passion for working with people? Are you based in the Launceston area? Jewson, a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a Senior Sales Adviser who's as passionate about great service and sales as we are.
At Jewson, part of Stark UK, we believe that our greatest asset is our people! We're not just a team; we’re a vibrant community driven by decency, passion, and pride in everything we do. We are committed to creating a dynamic workplace where everyone can thrive and unleash their full potential.
We are looking for a Senior Sales Adviser to join the successful, supportive team at our Launceston branch. If you’re looking for a place where your ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated, you’ve found your home!
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead generation and prospecting: Identify new business opportunities and proactively pursue new customer accounts through strategic prospecting.
- Account Management - Customer Retention & Growth: Maintain and grow existing customer relationships by understanding their needs, upselling and cross-selling solutions.
- Onboarding & Activation: Ensure new customers are successfully onboarded and activated, maximising spend potential within the first 13 weeks.
- Margin & Share of Wallet growth: Drive increased profitability by optimising margins and increasing the share of wallet from each customer.
- Sales Process Management: Manage the entire sales process from lead generation to closing deals, ensuring accurate forecasting and pipeline management.
- Customer engagement: Conduct regular customer visits, product demonstrations and presentations to build rapport and drive sales.
- Reporting & Feedback: Provide accurate and timely reports on sales activities, customer feedback and market insights.
Working Hours:
This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday 07:30 - 17:00 and every other Saturday 08:00 - 12:00
What you’ll need to have:
- Strong sales background
- Enthusiasm: You radiate positivity and possess an unyielding passion for the merchant world
- Decency: You embody honesty and integrity, contributing to a workplace built on respect and ethics
- Team Spirit: You thrive in collaborative settings, believing that together we can achieve greatness
- Pride: You take pride in your work and are dedicated to producing top-notch results
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Why Choose Us?
- Quality: We’re unwavering in our commitment to providing outstanding products and service that exceed our customers’ expectations
- Supportive Environment: Join a culture that prioritises your growth, with the resources and support you need to excel
- Professional Development: We are invested in your success! Explore our apprenticeships, training, and mentoring programs designed to elevate your career
- Great Benefits: Enjoy a compelling package that includes a competitive salary, bonuses, pension schemes, and life assurance, among many other perks
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
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.
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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.
STARK Building Materials UK comprises 14 brands, including one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants Jewson, along with JP Corry and Normans, specialist brands Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer, as well as major timber importer and distributor, International Timber. With over 600 dedicated builders merchant branches and distribution centres, this makes us one of the UK’s largest retailers and distributors of building and construction materials.
However, more importantly, our dedicated team and the high-quality products we offer make us trusted, expert partners to the industry. Together, we give our customers hassle-free access to the market-leading, sustainable solutions they need to build responsibly for the future.
If you’d like to build that future with us, check out our careers page or get in touch. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match.
At STARK Building Materials UK, we are known for our building distribution, but in reality, it is our colleagues that drive our business forward. All around the UK, in our branches, warehouses and offices, our team give everything to make building better for our customers.
We value our customers, the communities we work in and the colleagues in our team, who collectively build our business to ever greater heights every day.
We strive to create a workplace where all colleagues feel safe and empowered to do their best and are comfortable to bring their true selves to work every day.
We are proud that we offer all our colleagues a great place to work.
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