Sales Assistant

Salary: £20,021 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Part Time Sales Assistant (30 hours a week) - Fixed Term Contract until July 2027 - Plymouth (PL7 1SR) - Plumb Centre So, who are we?

We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do - and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild. Also, did we mention?

In addition to the £20,021 salary, there are also benefits on tap -:

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
• A generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
• Potential to earn bonuses
• Enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• Access to a great range of online and high street discounts
• Free access to healthcare
• Popular YuLife app
• Cycle to Work scheme
• More!

Responsibilities

• Responding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude
• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing advice and product recommendations
• Making outbound phone calls to previous customers to regain their business
• Actively identifying and pursuing opportunities to drive sales within the branch, engaging both new and existing customers
• General warehouse duties including picking and packing customer orders which will involve manual handling heavy stock e.g. boilers, radiators, sinks and toilets

This is a Part Time Fixed Term Contract until July 2027 working 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08.00am - 5.00pm and 1 in 3 Saturday mornings 08.00am - 12.00pm.

What we'd like you to have

• Plumbing & Heating knowledge is ideal
• Previous Face to Face sales and customer service experience is essential
• The ability to deliver outstanding customer service
• To be a team player who is happy to assist in all areas to ensure the smooth running of the branch
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic

Wolseley UK is the country's largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you'll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You'll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world's largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you'll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.