Electrical Sales Assistant

Electrical Sales AssistantLANCASHIRE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

LED have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Assistant to join their team. Working alongside another employee you will learn how an electrical wholesale business operates and get involved in managing new and existing stock, serving customers at the counter, general administration duties and answering telephone and email enquiries.

Annual wage

£17,888 - £23,920 per year depending upon experience

Working week

Working week is Monday to Friday 8am till 5pm with 1 hour unpaid lunch break (Occasional 4 hours on Saturdays which will be paid hourly).

Total hours per week: 40 hours a week

What will you be doing?

LED would like someone to join the team who they can help progress within the business. You will be supporting the sales team with answering telephone and email enquiries, unpacking and organising stock, serving customers and helping with general admin duties. As a small team your days will be filled with a variety of tasks and you’ll be liaising with other team members such as buyers, sales team and employees in accounts. Within time, once you become established within the business, your responsibilities can grow to manage some of your own business accounts.

Main Duties:

• Answering telephone calls and email enquiries
• Managing the stock room – helping unpacking stock, unloading vans
• General admin duties
• Counter sales
• Product sourcing

Company Benefits:

• They offer 20 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off
• Holiday allowance also increases the longer you have worked for the business
• They take employees out twice a year for a fun, social event
• LED has a generous sick pay policy and a pension scheme. Senior members of sales staff also benefit from a tailored bonus scheme

Desired skills and personal qualities

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Team working

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 9-4/A*-C) essential
• GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 9-4/A*-C) essential

Things to consider

Working week is Monday to Friday 8am till 5pm with 1 hour lunch break (occasional 4 hours on Saturdays which will be paid hourly) We would need you to work at least one Saturday morning a month.

About the employer

Lancashire Electrical Distributors are a well-established business going for nearly 40 years with a team of 10 employees. They supply everything electrical to a wide variety of clients such as Universities, Building Contractors and individual electricians to name a few. They have very good relationships with long standing customers and always ambitious to take on new business to grow their portfolio. LED is proud to have dedicated employees who have been with the business for many years, several of them starting from an apprentice scheme such as their MD. They are a friendly, hard-working team looking for a suitable candidate to join them.

Employer

LANCASHIRE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

https://lancselec.co.uk/

Address

• UNIT 4
• PEPPER ROAD
• HAZEL GROVE
• STOCKPORT
• SK7 5BW

Contact

Rachel Kilroe

rachel.kilroe@lancselec.co.uk

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £17,888.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 12/04/2024
Reference ID: Sales Assistant LED