Job type: Full time

Hours: 40 per week (8am-5pm Mon- Fri)

Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 (full time)

Location: Southampton, Sales Hub

We’ve been named “Employer of the Year 2024” at the Solent 250 Business Awards so we’re clearly doing something right!

We’ve been around for over 180 years – Our core purpose is to help our customers build, but we couldn’t do it without our people. From our drivers to our operations team and everyone in between. We’re one big team. We have over 300 people working for Elliotts. Our CEO, Tom is the great-great-great grandson of our founder!

Still chosen by customers in a crowded market – Customers continue to choose us because we provide anything they need to build a house. But they choose us because we treat them like human beings, creating a strong relationship and building loyalty.

Values that reflect our business – We look after our team. We care. We listen. We try to help. We work harder than anyone else to put things right if they go wrong. We think about the long term, not just the here and now. These aren’t just words on a wall, they’re the way we show up, every day.

To succeed you’ll be a great team player with a can-do attitude, and you’ll be right at home.

The Role:

As part of our internal sales team, you’ll be proactively working to grow sales within the Sales Hub. Maintaining existing business and be able to buddy up and support our internal & external team and their customer growth through the Sales Hub. This will be done through exceptional service and response time, growing our current sales ledger with existing customers as well as our Internal/external teams. Supporting Account Managers with selected projects using our internal Help You Build tool as well as actively pursuing new business and following up on quotes.

We’re looking for someone who’s great with people and really takes pride in what they do yet isn’t afraid of some good old fashioned hard work.

You’ll be organising quotes using an enquiry management system. Managing orders with the potential to manage packages on Help you build and ensure customer orders are completed to invoice. You will need to work with our suppliers to source best price and materials for our customers and to challenge this where needed.

What you need:

• Have a background in a sales environment
• Have great customer service skills, both on the phone and face to face
• Be confident. You’ll need to recommend products, source alternatives at times and be proactive
• Be a great team player – able to muck in and support in other areas where needed.
• Able to adapt quickly and easily (no day is the same) and used to a fast-paced environment
• Strong organisational skills are a key element, with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Competent IT skills and confident with using Microsoft packages

Ideally, you will already have previous experience with our products. However, training can be put in place to support the right candidate.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a friendly person who is skilled at first impressions to join not only a great team, but a great family run business, who strive to go the extra mile for its customers.

Who are you?

At Elliotts the customer comes first, and we take ownership. We believe everyone who works here should demonstrate our core behaviours:

• Friendly
• Enthusiastic
• Professional
• Interested
• Attentive
• Helpful

What’s in it for me?

• Annual profit share scheme
• 24/7 wellbeing support
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Unlimited training
• Staff discounts
• Christmas Hamper
• Monthly Pizza on us
• Company pension