sales manager

sales manager London, England

Portakabin
Full Time London, England 32000 - 26000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We’re currently recruiting for a Sales Administrator in the London Central Team, to support the business development activity to include local and national campaigns.


Reporting to the Area Hire Manager you will generate hire opportunities and win new business by obtaining commercial visits and carrying out structured Business Development calls to prospective customers via telephone. You will also prepare and issue quotations accordingly and follow up these quotations with a view to winning orders.


Are you customer focused with a background in administration? Are you looking for a role to begin your career in sales or commercial? Or do you have experience in these areas and seeking a new challenge to grow in a successful business? Then we would be delighted to hear from you.


What’s in it for me

  • Salary: £26,000 - £32,000 p.a. (inclusive of London Weighting) plus commission
  • Possibility to earn an average commission of 0-30% of annual salary, dependent on performance
  • Role based: Euston, NW1 2DX
  • Contract type: Permanent
  • Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays
  • Flexible approach to working hours.

Role Responsibilities

  • Participating in structured and focused outbound business development campaigns
  • Prepare quotations and drawings against customer requirements
  • Following up of live quotations in order to advance through to order
  • Complete customer care programme to ensure maximum satisfaction, continuity of business and maximise referral opportunities.

Benefits & Opportunities

  • You will be provided with a laptop and mobile phone. We are also happy to talk flexible working
  • A generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days plus public bank holidays, and the business is closed annually during the Christmas period. We can also buy up to 5 days more annual leave annually
  • Reward packages including commission and length of service awards
  • With family friendly policies, access to contributory pension, life assurance scheme and our employee benefits platform with a range of discounts and cashbacks at your favourite retailers, health clubs and gym memberships
  • All colleagues have an opportunity to give back to local communities with an annual Volunteering Day off
  • A wide range of health & wellbeing services including Mental Health First Aiders to support you to be at your best inside and outside work.

There is also great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin. Roughly one third of our roles are filled by internal candidates!


Our Ideal Candidate


We are looking for someone who has:

  • Good level of numeracy and literacy
  • Competency in sales office administration including preparing quotations, maintaining and updating databases and producing reports accordingly
  • You must also be computer literate, have good attention to detail and an excellent telephone manner.

About Portakabin


As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.


Portakabin remains in the ownership of the York based Shepherd family and now employs more than 3,000 people across ten European countries.


As an equal opportunities employer, Portakabin is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made.


Apply Now!


We’re keen to get someone started in this role. If you think this sounds like the ideal job for you, please apply by the deadline of Sunday 13 August 2023.

We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing Monday 14 August 2023.

sales manager
Portakabin

www.portakabin.co.uk
York, United Kingdom
Derek Carter
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Construction
1961
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