Sales Assistant - Newton, United Kingdom - Submarine Manufacturing & Products Ltd
2 weeks ago
Description
Description:
SMP is a company which is growing at pace; the products are varied and the work challenging.
Due to this continued growth an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sales Assistant based in Preston, joining this rapidly evolving and vibrant company.
The Sales Assistant will liaise with members of the Sales Team to create quotations, input data into our CRM platform, contact and visit clients, and other sales activities.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified
- Full, Clean UK Diving Licence
Experience:
Sales Assistant
Duties:
- Targeting specific markets, responding to phone and website requests
- Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers
- Visiting potential customers to prospect for new business
- Representing SMP Ltd at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations
- Reviewing own sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets
- Making accurate, rapid cost calculations and providing customers with quotations
- Promote service and spares for backup for SMP products
- Assisting the Sales Manager for any other duties as necessary
- Assisting the Senior Management Team for any other duties as necessary
- Member of the sales team
- Inputting data to CRM platform
- Speaking with customers
- Creating and sending quotations
- Liaising with sales team to help with sales activities
- Liaising with stores team to organise sending of goods
Requirements:
- Experience in a sales position
- Preferably experience in compressed gas systems and gas generation systems
- An engineering or pneumatic qualification would be advantageous but not essential
- Demonstrate the ability to gather and submit detailed business information for pricing and presentation of solutions to identified clients' business problems
- An organised approach to work and high level of attention to detail
- Good time management skills with ability to meet deadlines
- General computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to work as part of a Sales Team
- Good communication skills
- Experience in a fastpaced industry
- Excellent communication skills; high level of verbal and written English.
- Full, Clean UK Diving Licence
Salary:
From £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Newton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location:
In person
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