Sales Adviser

Barratt Developments Plc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housebuilder in the United Kingdom is seeking a Sales Adviser to assist customers in finding their dream homes and provide excellent service throughout the sales process. The role requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, flexibility to adapt to changing customer needs, and the ability to achieve sales targets. Competitive salary and a hybrid working environment are offered, along with benefits such as private medical cover and enhanced holiday policies.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Private Medical Cover

Bonus Scheme

26 days’ holiday

Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering sales in a service environment.
• Thrives on challenge, is resilient and driven.
• Self-starter who works effectively without management.

Responsibilities

• Help customers find their dream homes.
• Demonstrate local knowledge and understanding of products.
• Achieve sales targets in line with business requirements.

Skills

Sales experience in service environment

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Commercial awareness

Ability to work under pressure

Driving license

Flexibility with travel

Job description

What you'll be doing

Our Sales Advisers help customers find their dream home and provide excellent customer service throughout the sales process. You would need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills to enable you to build rapport with customers to understand their needs and requirements. These would need to include listening skills, questioning skills, empathy, product demonstration and closing skills. Reporting to a Sales Manager you’ll be expected to …

• Demonstrate comprehensive local knowledge including amenities, schools, transport links and competitors
• Have a thorough understanding of our product and pricing
• Effective lead follow up skills to convert enquiries to site visits
• Utilise our Sales methodology, schemes and incentives effectively to close a sale
• Achieve sales targets in line with business requirements

What You’ll Need

• Experience of delivering sales in a service environment e.g. housebuilding, retail, hospitality, banking, estate agency.
• Commercially astute with a good understanding of the market and competitors.
• Understands and acts upon customer needs to maintain Company reputation.
• Thrives on challenge, is resilient and driven to achieve personal and organisational targets.
• Able to remain calm and controlled under pressure.
• Keeps up to date with new thinking including legislation, economic conditions and technology.
• Communicates and negotiates persuasively – capable of influencing others assertively, building rapport with customers.
• Embraces change and explores new ways of working to help the continuous growth of the sales operation.
• Encourages and supports people in the team, sharing knowledge and best practice.
• Able to build relationships across functions, internally and externally.
• Self starter who works effectively without direct management
• Excellent communication skills.
• IT literate.
• Flexible with working pattern, must be able to work weekends and bank holidays
• Flexible with travel, sometimes at short notice
• Holds full driving license and have use of a vehicle for business travel

Benefits

Our Company and Benefits

We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5 star housebuilder since 2010 for supplying high-quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major housebuilder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex-Armed Forces personnel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs.

Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office-based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working from home, as the role dictates. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both the Company and our colleagues.

We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We are building a culture where anyone, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, disability, background or any other characteristic, can progress and be proud to work for us.

As part of working for Barratt Redrow PLC and specifically for this role we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
• Choice of Flexible Benefits
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Our Benefits Are Fit To Measure

Today’s housebuilding professional need tomorrow’s benefits, so they’re ready for whatever the future brings. When you join Barratt, you get the kind of support you would expect from a business built for a modern working world.

Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

Financial Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

Lifestyle Benefits

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.