Plumbing and Heating Salesperson/Van Driver

Job Description

Please note that Saturday working is a requirement for this position, and you will be expected to work alternate Saturday mornings throughout the year.

Responsibilities and Duties

In this position, you will play a key role in the sale of our full range of plumbing and heating products, taking a proactive approach to help drive this part of the business forward. You will also be required to be flexible and make multi drop deliveries to our customers in the surrounding area driving the van/pickup vehicles.

In this role you will:-

• Grow the customer base.
• Provide quotations for customers.
• Purchase materials and manage stock levels.
• Deal with customers both face to face and over the telephone.
• Give excellent customer service and sound product advice.
• Take a proactive approach to plumbing and heating sales, using every opportunity to make or increase a sale.
• Make multi drop deliveries to our customers in the surrounding area.

Qualifications and Skills

• A full UK Driving License is essential for this role.
• Sound plumbing and heating product knowledge is essential.
• Previous sales experience in a plumbing and heating merchant environment or a builder’s merchant environment would be a distinct advantage but is not essential.
• Confident dealing with customers
• The ability to build great customer relationships.
• A good telephone manner, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills
• Computer literate

You will be working within a close-knit team and will be dealing with our customers on a daily basis, so we are looking for someone that:

• Has the likeability factor
• Has excellent customer service
• Hard working
• Positive attitude
• Good attention to detail.

Benefits

In return, you can be a part of one of the UK’s leading independent Builders Merchant and winner of many industry awards. Some of the benefits we offer include:

• A competitive pay package.
• People orientated culture.
• Substantial staff discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Holiday scheme which rewards length of service.
• Perkbox discounts
• Contributory pension scheme
• Performance related bonus
• Financial Planning Support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Enhanced Maternity
• Enhanced Paternity
• Substantial Employee Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health Support

MKM is the leading independent builders’ merchant in the UK, and we were established in 1995. Our people are what make us unique in what we do. Today we have more than 130 branches and over 3100 employees nationwide. Whilst we continue to grow, we are constantly striving to always attract, recruit, retain, promote, and support a diverse mix of colleagues that create a sense of belonging to the ‘MKM family’ for everyone. We hope you will join us on our journey!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Financial planning services
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Application question(s):

• Can you reliably commute to Haverhill daily?
• Do you have previous similar experience?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: High