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Sales Assistant

North Richmond
7 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
TW9, North Richmond, Greater London
£28,000 - £30,000 GBP yearly
Customer Services
Sales and Operations Assistant

Our client is seeking an enthusiastic, driven and organised Sales & Operations Assistant to join their small and friendly team.

Company Benefits:

* Annual salary review and performance-related bonus.

* 22 days annual leave + bank holidays – additional 3 days holiday between Christmas & New Year at management discretion.

Key Responsibilities:

* Proactively identifying and developing new business opportunities through targeted sales activity and marketing initiatives.

* Managing the full sales process from initial enquiry and lead generation through quotation, negotiation, follow-up and conversion.

* Approaching dormant accounts to maximise conversions.

* Developing new business through proactive sales & marketing initiatives.

* Preparing quotations, following up on leads & sales opportunities.

* Building and maintaining strong customer & supplier relationships.

* Managing stock, availability, deliveries/collections to and from customer(s) sites.

* Updating the CRM/ Customer database daily to ensure all information is accurate and up to date.

* Resolving customer and delivery issues, escalating where necessary and providing excellent customer support.

* Supporting the wider team with day-to-day sales and operational administration.

* Developing wider industry knowledge of products, pricing, availability and delivery processes.

Experience and Skills Requirements

* Ideally, a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a similar or office-based role.

* Confident telephone manner with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Commercially minded and interested in developing their sales skills.

* Good understanding of quoting, pricing, sales orders and delivery coordination

* Excellent IT skills and computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Office, Excel and databases.

* Reliable, self-motivated and can work as part of a team.

* Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy and organisation.

* Good time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.

* Quickly adapt to new techniques, processes, technology and other ways of working.

* Keen to learn and develop within a growing business.

If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted