Trade Counter Sales Assistant
| Posting date: | 26 February 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2025 |
| Location: | Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7RZ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | STARK Building Materials UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JR26823_1740562179 |
Summary
Do you live within a commutable distance of Spennymoor?
Do you have minimum of 1 years Trade Counter Sales experience?
Do you have car?
Jewson in Spennymoor is recruiting now for an ambitious Trade Counter Sales Assistant.
Working Hours
Monday to Friday 730am to 5pm, every second Saturday 8am to 12noon
Location:
Jewson, Front Street, Merrington Lane Industrial Estate, Spennymoor, DL16 7RZ (own transport is required for this location)
As a Trade Counter Assistant will have one of the most important roles within the branch.
You will regularly be the first and last point of contact for customers visiting the branch so you play a huge part in delivering a fantastic customer experience.
To support the team you will be;
- Dealing with customers face to face on counter
- Help to prepare customer orders ensuring accuracy at all times
- Deal with customer calls, emails and enquiries
- Check incoming deliveries and report missing or damaged products
- Maintain warehouse stock level
- Carrying out regular stock counts
- Make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work
- Work with colleagues to suggest opportunities for improvement
- Support with deliveries to client site as and when required
What's in it for you?
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) - with Legal & General
- Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
- WorkPerks - A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
- Voluntary company benefits such as Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Discount
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks
- New Reward and Recognition programme - launching soon!
- 34 days holiday per year
Required Skills and Experience
- Previous industry experience preferred but not essential
- First class Customer Service and Sales skills
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work accordingly
- A health and safety focus
At Jewson, part of STARK Building Distribution, we have a strong culture that is built on passionate and dedicated people who thrive in taking responsibility and challenging status quo. We are convinced that our continued success relies on the diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring to their everyday work
The value of equal opportunity is embedded in the way we do business and retain talent groupwide. In our commitment to diversity, we welcome everyone with respect and an open mind.
We'd love to hear from you, hit apply! And a member of our Internal Recruitment team will be in contact with you.