Sales Advisor

Wolseley UK Limited; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plumbing and infrastructure merchant is seeking a Sales Advisor in Leicester. In this full-time role, you will engage with customers at the trade counter and respond to inquiries creatively. Responsibilities include maintaining stock and building customer relationships. Ideal candidates should have prior customer service experience, a willingness to learn, and confidence in both face-to-face and phone interactions. The position offers competitive salary, bonus potential, and excellent benefits including a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual leave increasing with service

Generous pension scheme

Bonuses potential

Healthcare access

Cycle to Work scheme

Online and high street discounts

Qualifications

• Prior customer service or sales experience.
• Willingness to learn.
• Confidence in engaging with customers.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter.
• Respond to customer enquiries via phone & email.
• Book stock in and put it away.
• Build relationships with customers.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Proactive attitude

Communication skills

Job description

Sales Advisor page is loaded## Sales Advisorlocations: Leicestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR114444**Salary:****Competitive + Bonus + Excellent Benefits****Sales Advisor - Leicester- Plumb Centre**We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.There are also benefits on tap – including...Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!As a **Sales Advisor** based in our **Leicester** branch you’ll be responsible for:* Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing product recommendations* Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude* Booking stock in and putting it away in the designated location* Proactively contacting customers to build relationships and drive branch growth, particularly focusing on those with reduced or inactive spending.This is a full time permanent role working 40 hours per week**And here’s what we’d like you to have:*** Prior customer service or sales experience.* Willingness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic.* Confidence in engaging with customers both face-to-face and over the phone.* A confident, proactive approach to sales—promoting products, quoting accurately, and building customer relationships over the phone.* Driving license desirable to cover drivers annual leave**We look forward to receiving your application!***Please be aware that we are extending the application period for this role until the new year. Consequently, interviews will not be held until then. Rest assured, we will review your application, but this process may take a bit longer than usual. If you don’t hear from us right away, please don’t worry. In the meantime, we hope you have a wonderful festive break!*locations: Leicestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted YesterdayThe Wolseley Group is a leading plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure trade specialist merchant, which employs over 5,500 people across the UK and Ireland, spanning 10 brands. Through our offices in Warwick and Ripon, our three distribution centres and our network of over 550 branches, our people work together to provide exceptional service to our customers every day. *We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having an organisation that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities, where everyone is treated with Fairness & Respect.*