As a Sales Representative at Latham Direct Timber you will pro-actively source new business and work as part of a team to achieve targets. You will target new customers and help increase overall sales, keep your product knowledge up to date and use technology to aid efficiency and give customers a better experience.
You will be highly motivated and enthusiastic with prior experience working as Sales Representative or similar with a desire to proactively develop existing business along with generating business from your own contacts. You should be comfortable with independent working as this is a field based / remote working role, and have had demonstrable success in sales. A knowledge of the hardwood market / supply chain would be advantageous. You will need excellent IT skills and enjoy working as part of a team but also be able to manage your own workload. Please see our careers site for job description: https://careers.lathamtimber.co.uk/
You will be asked to cover a geograhical area to source new business, but there is some flexibility in this and we welcome candidates from around the U.K for consideration. The role will require some travel, and involve 6-8 nights working away during a calandar month.
You’ll be working in a modern and well-equipped environment which provides opportunities to develop and grow your career. You will be part of a friendly team that continually seeks out new and innovative products and better ways to serve its customers. Benefits include a competitive salary, up to 7.5% matched pension contributions, bonus schemes, a Health Cash Plan, life assurance and a free employee assistance program offering mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support.
James Latham is one of the UK's largest independent trade distributors of timber, panels and decorative surfaces. As a long-established, family-owned business with history back to 1757, we believe our success is down to our employees and are proud to say that many of our team stay with us for decades. In a recent survey 86% said they would recommend James Latham as a great place to work.
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