Office Interiors Sales Consultant (Southern Regions)

Client Overview:

This client is the UK’s fastest growing independent provider of business supplies and services. Key to their success is recruiting the right people with the right attitude.
They are looking to recruit a confident, dynamic, and self-motivated individual to join their rapidly growing team and they now have a vacancy for the role of Interiors Sales Consultant working within their Southern sales team.
The ideal candidate for this role will be hard working and well organised with experience within the Office Interiors sector. Training and support will be provided on their service offering, their systems, and their processes but an in-depth understanding of product, administration and the importance of good communication will also be key.

Job Description

To identify and win profitable new business specifically within the Office Interiors sector and to develop and nurture relationships within both the existing sales team and our customer base to maximise product sales and profit opportunities from leads received.

Abilities & Characteristics

• Excellent sales skills, especially in a ‘field-sales’ environment
• Ability to close sales opportunities
• Experience in providing a high level of customer care
• Smart appearance
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
• Strong understanding of the office furniture marketplace
• Extensive product knowledge
• Good planning & organisational skills
• Good communication & negotiation skills
• Good IT skills
• Excellent interpersonal manner
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Understanding the importance of providing good customer service
• Understanding the importance of working as a team

Primary tasks/duties:

Establish strong customer relationship

Phone/Visit customers to maintain and develop their account spend

Support members of sales team (primarily the Southern Sales Team) with commercial furniture sales to achieve furniture sales growth.

Support and provide product training to Sales Support Team

Provide customers with detailed furniture presentations, quotations and plans to clearly illustrate your proposal Stay up to date with current marketplace, including, buying trends, suppliers, competition

Manage furniture projects efficiently

Utilise the company CRM to manage and register opportunities, set reminders, and log tasks

Follow up on all marketing campaigns and update CRM accordingly

Close opportunities/deals

Maintain turnover of accounts, monitor low spenders and lapsed accounts, and take relevant action

Maintain a healthy and genuine opportunity pipeline to help illustrate growth

Achieve monthly target

Location: Home based
Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 5:30pm
Basic Salary: £35,000-40,000 (OTE £55,000 pa)
Commission & car: A commission plan and a company vehicle (or car allowance) will be provided
Holiday: 33 days pa, including Bank Holidays