Expires soon Groupe Saint-Gobain

Sales & Customer Service Assistant

  • Leeds (West Yorkshire)
  • Sales

Job description

Sales & Customer Service Assistant – IDS  – Leeds 

Who are IDS?

International Decorative Surfaces (a part of Saint Gobain) is the UK's largest distributor of surfacing materials specialising in flooring, worktops, laminates, panel products and solid surfacing. The company is part of the Saint Gobain Group, recognised as Europe's leading organisation in building materials.

Working as part of an established team backed by the world’s leading building materials distributor in Saint Gobain you’ll be driving our sales over the phone alongside an established and close working team who like to work hard but also have fun! We truly invest in our team and support them in their career development. With such a significant presence both in the UK and worldwide, we are proud to offer our employees a career without boundaries… Are you in?

What will I be doing in the role?

Working in the branch the main purpose of your role will involve proactively maximising sales and margin, whilst developing and maintaining good customer relations within your branch.

You will need to build relationships with customers, both face to face and via the telephone, to help achieve sales growth for your branch. You will also be required to support the branch in all aspects of customer service.

·  You will be required to provide outstanding customer service.
·  You’ll carry out cash transactions, refunds and till processes accurately and in accordance with branch procedures.
·  You’ll keep up to date with your knowledge of products, technology and regulations.
·  Place direct sales orders, organise delivery times, and notify customers.
·  Your duties will include dealing with customers on a day to day basis on the counter and over the phone building long term relationships.
·  You will ensure all sales orders are promptly processed to meet customer needs. This will involve picking goods for customers, organising deliveries and unloading good from suppliers.

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?

·  You should have some customer service experience. If you know what great services looks like, sounds like and feels like. That’s really important to us.
·  Excellent communication skills
·  Organised with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
·  The ability to multi task, prioritise and work under pressure
·  Positive outlook
·  A warm and friendly nature
·  You’ll be a personable and excellent team player.
·  More importantly, we are looking for someone with the right attitude and behaviours. Someone who is eager to learn and really develop themselves and the service our company can offer.

What are the benefits?

In addition to a competitive base salary plus an attractive bonus scheme, you will benefit from a significant focus on your own personal development and also have access to:

·  A defined contribution pension scheme.
·  31 days holiday
·  Flexible Holiday buy-sell scheme (allowing up to 3 days holiday to be bought or sold).
·  A defined share purchasing scheme (Each month you put away an agreed amount from your ‘pre-tax' pay and we use it to buy Saint-Gobain shares for you. As an added bonus, for every four shares you buy Saint-Gobain will give you an extra share free of charge).
·  As an employee you are automatically covered by the Saint-Gobain Life Assurance Scheme.
·  Staff discounts and various other benefits.

AGENCY?

Please note that we have our own recruitment marketing and search functions alongside an already agreed set of agency partners and will not accept any third party CV’s/Applications from anyone unless invited to do so.

On occasion, we receive significantly more applicants than expected for some vacancies and under such we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly, to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we welcome applicants regardless of religious belief, political opinion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

AGENCY?

Please note that we have our own recruitment marketing and search functions alongside an already agreed set of agency partners and will not accept any third party CV’s/Applications from anyone unless invited to do so. 

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