Timberlink is the UK's leading treated timber specialist, offering the largest range of treated timber and the largest drive-through timber yard in the country. We also operate one of the UK's largest inland timber treatment centres, supplying blue-chip customers nationwide.
For over 40 years, our "Can Do, Nay Bother" approach has been at the heart of everything we do.
We're creating a new role and are looking for the right person to join our team. The position is based on 29 hours per week, and we're open to discussing flexible working patterns to help achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Main purpose of the job
Researching potential new clients with outbound sales calls and on site visits. You will be working in a busy office/production environment. This varied role looks to win new customers as well as support our sales processes.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Sales: Assisting the Sales Director and colleagues, this role will involve:
· Researching potential new clients with outbound sales calls and on site visits.
· Support internal sales administration, receiving customer calls, raising orders, invoicing & purchasing, updating spreadsheets and CRM systems.
· Respond to sales emails, enquiries, quotations and confirming orders,
· Help deal with any issues which may arise (Customers/Staff),
· Support Delivery planning – updating schedules, liaison with Treatment & Joiners Shop etc
· Support Stock Management–physical and stock takes and transfers & accurate records kept, sales analysis,
· Assisting the checking of customer loads and goods in
· Preparing site/ pack / order labels (when required)
Website/social media
· Support eCommerce Manager with website, ecommerce activities & social media
· Support team in ensuring website and other sales platforms are maintained with current/up to date stock and price information,
· Support with any updates to media accounts – including promotions and sales of goods,
· Help develop social media/marketing schedule, creating content and posting updates.
Other:
· Administrative support for directors as and when needed,
· Answering incoming calls,
· Any tasks and or adhoc projects as and when required.
Health, Safety and Environment
· Responsible for your own safety and not jeopardise the health and safety of others.
· Ensure you, your team and any visitors comply with all statutory and site Health, Safety and Environmental procedures.
· Ensure unsafe practices or conditions, accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences are reported accordingly, and corrected where practicable.
· Ensure correct PPE is always worn – this includes wearing of steel toe capped safety shoes/trainers (supplied by Timberlink) when at work
· Collectively as a team ensure site is kept tidy
Skills, Attributes and Qualifications
· Ideally have worked in a builder/timber merchant sales office environment, making sales and data entry/processing.
· Outgoing personality with excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
· Computer literate – including Microsoft packages (word, excel) word-pro (website software)
· Strong numeracy and written English, verbal communication and listening skills,
· Ability to learn and adapt as the business grows, willing to undertake training to support the position.
· Demonstrates a passion for the remit of this role as well as the industry.
· Organised with eye for detail,
· Practical, resourceful, hands-on. Used to multitasking, working to deadlines,
· Positive, flexible, ‘can do, nay bother’ get up and go attitude,
· Able to ask challenging questions to improve upon processes.
· Self-motivated and a team player.
· Clean UK driving licence.
You may be required to work in any area of the business where work exists for which you possess the necessary skills and/or be prepared to undergo training/train others as required by the company.
This job description should be taken as a general guide and the company reserve the right to update and amend it in keeping with operational requirements, which may change from time to time.
Pay: £13.50-£15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
