Sales Specialist

Our LONDON COLNEY branch is currently recruiting for a Plumbing and Heating Salesperson. In this position, you will play a key role in the sale of our full range of plumbing and heating products, taking a proactive approach to help drive this part of the business forward.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Grow the customer base
• Providing quotations for customers
• Purchasing materials and managing stock levels for the category
• Dealing with customers both face to face and over the telephone
• Giving excellent customer service and sound product advice
• Taking a proactive approach to plumbing and heating sales, using every opportunity to make or increase a sale.
• This role will also involve some limited physical work in the warehouse as and when required.
• Please note this role will involve working alternate Saturday mornings.

Qualifications and Skills

• Sound plumbing and heating product knowledge essential.
• Previous sales experience in a plumbing and heating merchant environment or a builder’s merchant environment is essential.
• Confident dealing with customers, with good sales experience is essential.
• The ability to build great customer relationships.
• A good telephone manner, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate.

Benefits

In return, you can be a part of the UK’s largest independent Builders Merchant and winner of many industry awards. Some of the benefits we offer include:

• A competitive pay package
• Generous discretionary bonus scheme
• People orientated culture
• Substantial staff discounts
• Training and development opportunities
• Holiday scheme which rewards length of service
• Contributory pension scheme
• Financial planning support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Perkbox discounts.
• Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity leave

MKM is the leading independent builders’ merchant in the UK, and we were established in 1995. Our people are what make us unique in what we do. Today we have more than 128 branches and over 3000 employees nationwide. Whilst we continue to grow, we are constantly striving to always attract, recruit, retain, promote, and support a diverse mix of colleagues that create a sense of belonging to the ‘MKM family’ for everyone. We hope you will join us on our journey!