Are you a confident communicator, eager to use your people skills to attract new business and build strong relationships?
Sales experience is welcomed but not essential – if you have a strong background in customer-facing roles (such as call centres, hospitality, retail, or complaints handling) and are motivated to start a sales career, we’ll provide full training and support to help you succeed.
The Role
Celebrating our 150th birthday this year, Bagnalls is the leading painting and decorating contractor in the UK.
Salary: £25,553 basic plus achievable uncapped commission
Hours: 39 hours
Location: Office-based at our North Contracting branch in Cleckheaton. We offer free onsite parking, excellent motorway links, and a free-to-use in-house gym.
As a Bagnalls Sales Executive, you will be directly responsible for contacting potential customers via phone and email to introduce the services that Bagnalls has to offer in commercial and industrial settings. You will build relationships with senior decision makers in a variety of sectors, including health care, education, and leisure, influencing them to choose Bagnalls for their painting and decorating needs. We pride ourselves on supporting our customers, and as a Sales Executive you will be at the forefront of building and nurturing those vital relationships.
Responsibilities:
1. Identify new target customers through research, including the use of social media
2. Build relationships with new and existing customers to secure repeat business
3. Gain a strong understanding of our customers so you can clearly demonstrate the value Bagnalls offers
4. Complete Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs)
5. Manage the customer database
What we’re looking for:
Essential Criteria:
6. Strong verbal communication skills
7. Confidence to build relationships with senior decision makers
8. Excellent, friendly telephone manner
9. Good standard of written English
10. Basic Microsoft Office skills and the ability to learn to use an in-house database
11. Willingness to learn about all aspects of the business quickly
Sales experience (telephone/B2B) is welcomed but not essential. We are equally keen to hear from applicants with strong customer-facing backgrounds, such as call centres (inbound/outbound), complaints handling, hospitality, or retail, who are confident, motivated, and interested in starting a sales career.
Desirable Criteria:
12. Experience within the construction industry
Your Development
You will receive full training and support to develop key customer relationships, with the chance to work with a wide variety of organisations across the public and private sectors. People development is one of our values: we work with our employees to help them achieve their personal and career aspirations, including opportunities for training and progression.
Bagnalls
We are proud to have been awarded the Yorkshire Post Apprentice Employer of the Year and the Family Business United Supreme Champion, Family Business of the Year accolade.