STARK Building Materials UK
Senior Sales Advisor
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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. If you’re looking for a place where your ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated, you’ve found your home!
This is a full-time role working Monday-Friday 7:30 – 17:00, and every other Saturday from 08:00-12:00.
What You'll Be Doing
- Identify new business opportunities and proactively generate new customer accounts through strategic prospecting.
- Build, manage and grow existing customer relationships by understanding customer needs and identifying opportunities to upsell and cross-sell products and services.
- Successfully onboard new customers, ensuring they become active and maximise their spend potential within their first 13 weeks.
- Increase profitability by growing customer spend, improving margin and increasing share of wallet.
- Manage the full sales cycle from lead generation through to closing deals, maintaining an accurate sales pipeline and forecast.
- Conduct regular customer visits, product demonstrations and presentations to strengthen relationships and drive sales.
- Provide accurate reports on sales activity, customer feedback and market trends to support business growth.
What We're Looking For
- A strong background in sales with the ability to develop new business and grow existing accounts.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage your own workload and prioritise effectively.
- Enthusiasm, you radiate positivity and have a genuine passion for delivering outstanding customer service.
- Decency, you demonstrate honesty and integrity, contributing to a workplace built on trust and respect.
- Team Spirit, you enjoy working collaboratively and recognise the value of supporting colleagues to achieve shared success.
- Pride, you take ownership of your work and consistently strive to deliver excellent results.
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What's in it for you
- Competitive Basic Salary
- Performance Related Bonus
- 34 days holiday per year
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) with Legal & General
- Life Assurance, from your first day of employment you are automatically covered for a lump sum death in service benefit of 2x your basic salary. If you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, this increases to 4x your Pensionable Earnings.
- Work Perks, giving you access to hundreds of high street and online discounts through Reward Gateway.
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App, including access to a Digital GP, second medical opinions, mental health consultations, bereavement support and nutritional advice.
- Voluntary benefits including Car Salary Sacrifice with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and Critical Illness Cover.
- Refer a Friend Scheme.
- Wellbeing Centre via Work Perks.
- Flexible working opportunities and hybrid working, where the role allows.
Why Choose Us?
Quality
We're committed to providing outstanding products and service that consistently exceed our customers' expectations.
Supportive Environment
Join a culture that prioritises your development, giving you the tools, support and encouragement to succeed.
Professional Development
We're invested in your future through apprenticeships, training and mentoring programmes designed to help you grow your career.
What's Next
If your application is successful, our Talent team will be in touch to arrange an interview and answer any questions you may have. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure you can perform at your best.
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STARK Building Materials UK
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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