Sales Assistant

Discover the new Ritchie Bros.

When you join Ritchie Bros., you’ll be part of a diverse, global team that’s focused on delivering great customer experiences. You live and breathe customer satisfaction and go up over and beyond to make that happen we invite you to join our growing team.

To keep on offering excellent service to our customers, we are looking for a Sales Assistant for our business in Maltby.

The opportunity

You'll be pivotal in ensuring seamless sales operations and fostering strong relationships. Your responsibilities span from ensuring data quality to providing frontline assistance to customers and supporting our Territory Managers. By contributing your expertise, you'll help drive our success and uphold our commitment to delivering exceptional service.

In this role you’ll:

• Build a good working knowledge of our services, the market, and our customers industries.
• Develop, prioritize, execute, and meet deadlines of daily, weekly, and monthly task lists generated by the Regional Sales Manager.
• Manage the sales team admin, including cars, phones, events, bookings, stock, etc.
• Coordinate with all sales meetings, auctions, conferences, and special events.
• Answer general employee and customer inquiries in a professional and customer orientated manner.
• Work on developing our market research activities through our current database and prospecting for new potential customers.
• Develop an understanding for competition and track their business.
• Work with our Salesforce CRM by adding new customers, analyzing current activity and develop plans to increase our market penetration.
• Direct all specific inquires to the appropriate individual in the department.

Here Is What You Bring

You have excellent organizational skills, you’re the type that leaves no detail unattended. Experience working independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. You thrive working as part of a team and pitch-in wherever needed. Excellent time management skills, the ability to multi-task multiple projects and initiatives effectively and prioritize work are essential. Furthermore, you have:

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

· Business or related further education or degree

· Interest in farming or machinery related business

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

· Professional English level

What We Offer

Our success is built on the drive and dedication of our people. As we grow around the globe, there will be many opportunities to advance your career – we’ve proven this throughout our 60+ years in business. And, we'll take care of you along the way. Here’s how:

· Permanent employment contract

· Competitive base salary + overtime + 28 vacation days

· Pension plan

· Health & Life insurance

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan

· Gym Membership sponsorship

Who are we?

Ritchie Bros. has grown from a small-town auctioneer to a global asset management and disposition company. We help our customers buy and sell a wide range of used and unused equipment for construction, mining, transportation, agriculture, oil & gas, lifting & material handling, forestry & other industries.

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Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted. No agency calls, please.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Maltby: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• What is your gross annual salary expectations?
• Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for your visa employment status?

Experience:

• Administrative: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person