Sales Consultant

Salary: Circa £33,000
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Armitt House - Cheadle
Benefits: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.

As Sales Consultant, you will provide a professional, customer focussed sales service to Sales Agency customers and clients, with a particular focus on Shared Ownership sales and will be responsible for achieving targets regarding income generation, customer satisfaction and transaction volume.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing a professional, customer focussed and expert sales service to a range of Sales Agency customers and clients including Shared Ownership vendors and buyers, and internal and external clients
• Maximising opportunities for fee income generation by proactively handling new enquiries and progressing sales effectively and efficiently
• Achieving sales and deliver customer satisfaction to meet Sales Agency and Group targets, timescales and standards
• Progressing sales transactions and ensuring they completed in line with legal, contractual and regulatory requirements and best practice
• Conducting viewings on properties in a professional manner
• Conducting initial qualification process for potential Shared Ownership buyers
• Working closely with the Sales Services Team to ensure applicants are processed quickly
• Providing regular, accurate reporting information including sales forecasting, performance against KPI’s etc, as required.

What you’ll need

• Full Driving license and the use of a car for business purposes (with Business use Insurance cover)
• A strong background in residential sales
• Knowledge of the conveyancing process and the ability to progress property sales effectively, through to completion
• An understanding of Shared Ownership as a product
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and presentation skills
• Use of full range of Microsoft Office
• Organisation and ability to time-manage work load

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

• Pension | DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)
• WPA | Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members
• Annual leave | Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays
• Flexi time | Allows colleagues to achieve a healthy work life balance whilst carrying out requirement of the role. A maximum of 13 days flexi can be taken in a year
• Professional fees | The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague
• The Market Place | high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
• Health and wellbeing initiatives | Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment. All successful applicant(s) will be subject to a basic criminal records background check. Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding children/young people & vulnerable adults can be found in the Great Places Housing Group Safeguarding Policy & Recruitment Policy on our website.

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