Sales Manager
- Permanent - Full time
- Travis Perkins
- Eastbourne, East Sussex
hrs/pw
Monday to Friday 7:30am - 5pm / 1 in 2 Saturday's 8-12
Eastbourne
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Sales Manager - Eastbourne
Are you a Sales focused individual, who understands the importance of Customer Excellence?
Do you have skills and experience within managing a team and customers?
Are you willing to broaden your knowledge and learn something new?
If YES this might be the role for you!
We are looking for a Manager to join our Sales team in Eastbourne!
What is in it for me?
In return for your hard work you will receive the following:
myMoney - competitive salary/annual leave, contributory pension scheme plus other benefits including bonus, private medical insurance, Life Insurance, ShareScheme and mortgage advice
myColleagueDiscount - savings across the TP Group including tool hire and ToolStation
myHealth - Aviva DigiCare, Cycle to Work, access to our online Wellbeing Centre plus more
myLife - myCar options (NovaLease/MotivaDirect), legal services advice
myInfoHub - access to our new learning platform, apprenticeship opportunities, StayWell hub. We have a number recognised Management Apprentice programs to support your development, including our level 5 Management program to support you further in your career
PLUS a huge array of everyday savings via our employee discount programme and family friendly HR policies
The Branch
Eastbourne is a busy branch with a customer footfall of over 120 customers per day. Our branch also includes a full Tool Hire department, Benchmarx showroom and overall team of 25 staff. This role would suit someone with previous experience managing a small team, proactive with sales, speaking with customers and building/maintaining customer relationships.
What will I be doing?
No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:
Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can engage and inspire the branch colleagues to support in executing the sales strategy and support the team being professional, friendly and enthusiastic, ensuring they know the part they need to play.
Understanding our local competition is key, this will enable you to harness opportunities and develop strong sales propositions which meet customer needs in order for us to be competitive in the local market.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with customers to ensure ongoing profitability.
Liaise with suppliers to create local commercial plans which seek to create profitable sales
Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that all our colleagues and customers leave the Branch safely, by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures.
You will be a key-holder, often opening or closing the branch
You will support the Assistant Branch Manager and Branch Manager in managing some aspects of a Branch and business.
What experience do you need?
Are you:
Someone that is highly self-motivated, highly organised, adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
Focused and goal oriented and able to achieve sales objectives
Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
Career focused and want to build a career to become a key player in the success of a large PLC?
We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves. You be you, it makes us, us.
Do not hesitate to make an application today!
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