Sales Adviser

Barratt Developments plc; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK housebuilder is seeking a Sales Adviser to assist customers in selecting their dream home. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and a thorough understanding of the local market. Key responsibilities include demonstrating product knowledge, providing customer service, and achieving sales targets. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive bonuses, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

26 days’ holiday

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a sales environment such as housebuilding or retail.
• Ability to build rapport with customers and influence decisions.
• Must have a full driving license for business travel.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers in finding their dream home with excellent service.
• Demonstrate local knowledge and understand competitive landscape.
• Achieve sales targets by converting enquiries into site visits.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Listening skills

Empathy

Commercial awareness

IT literacy

Negotiation skills

Job description

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

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

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 Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover - Single Cover
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)

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.

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.

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.

About South Midlands

We build the finest quality new homes to award-winning standards. With our meticulous attention to detail, we put a premium on timeless craftsmanship.

By combining top-quality materials and innovative designs, every David Wilson home is crafted to be both beautiful, sustainable and functional.

That’s why we’ve been awarded the maximum 5 Stars from the Home Builders Federation since 2009, making us the only major national housebuilder to achieve this.

Where you’ll be working

Here is where you'll be based, whether that's an office or one of our sites.

Putting diversity and inclusion front and centre

We know that a diverse team is better for our customers, makes us a more attractive employer and results in a stronger, more sustainable business. Which is why we're so committed to developing our inclusive culture.

Thinking ahead to leave a better world behind

We’re building a sustainable tomorrow, one house and one community at a time. Our commitment to our customers is rooted in every decision and day-to-day action we take.

See how our colleagues are building tomorrow together.