Sales Coordinator

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced sales professional or enthusiastic recent graduate who is interested in pursuing a career within sales. As a key member of our Soil & Drain team the objective of this role is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the team to maximise sales project opportunities reporting to the Technical Sales Team Manager on a day to day basis.

Working closely with the Technical Advisory team, you will be intricate in the success of new business opportunity across Saint-Gobain PAM, which employs around 9000 people and generates annual sales of £1.2 billion in over 120 countries.

What will I be doing in the role?

In the role as Sales Coordinator you will;

·  Be intricate in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the external sales team
·  Assist the field sales team to successfully identify and manage sales project opportunities
·  Track the progress of a group of opportunities through regular communication with known and new contacts within the construction industry including consultants, contractors, and distributors
·  Maintain the London pipeline of key opportunities and ensure the status of these opportunities is always current
·  Use initiative to build a wide group of contacts within the supply chain and log them on the CRM system

Am I who you are looking for?

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; we innovate, we collaborate, we’re agile, we act with entrepreneurial spirit, and we’re supportive of and close to our customers. Does this sound like you?

For the Sales Coordinator it is important that you have:

·  Excellent communication skills and adept at rapport building when cold calling prospects.
·  The ability to build strong relationships through regular telephone contact.
·  Excellent time management
·  Strong IT skills with experience of using CRM systems

What about the business I’ll be joining?

There are 34 fascinating Saint-Gobain businesses that recruit talented people in the UK and Ireland. However, regardless of which business you join, you are assured to be welcomed into a professional and warm environment, where we value all of our employees equally and have a strong focus on their health, safety, and wellbeing at all times.

This vacancy is working for Saint-Gobain PAM UK - part of the Saint-Gobain group and the UK's premier supplier of ductile iron and cast iron products to the UK's key utilities, telecoms, highways, civil engineering, construction and housing companies; Saint-Gobain is the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, with over 170,000 employees and operations in 67 countries worldwide. With such a significant presence we are proud to offer our employees a career without boundaries… Are You In?

What will I get in return?

As part of the wider Saint-Gobain group, PAM UK is able to offer a competitive starting salary and benefits package. In addition, you will have access to a career without boundaries - this could see you progressing within PAM UK or in one of the other 30+ businesses in the UK. Progression in Saint-Gobain isn’t always upwards; talented employees also move into new and exciting functions or indeed overseas, to one of the 67 countries in which we operate. The one thing you can be sure of is that you can have an exciting and varied career at Saint-Gobain, where only you set the boundaries to your success.

What do I need to do now?

We would love to hear from you! In order to find out more and apply, please click below to register and submit your CV on our careers site. We will be in touch with you after your application to tell you about the next stages.