Ref: JR1941
Vacancy - Internal Sales Executive / Trade Counter Sales
Location - Swanscombe area, Kent
Industry - Lighting and Electrical Wholesaler
Working Hours - Monday to Friday with Saturday mornings on a rota basis
Salary - up to circa £36K + bonuses depending on experience
Ready to take the next step in your sales career?
Join our client’s successful business as an Internal Sales Executive, playing a key role in building lasting customer relationships and driving new business growth.
Benefits
• Opportunities for career progression
• Bonus scheme
• Free parking
• Pension scheme
The Role
You will be part of a small team and a main point of contact for customers — helping them find the right products, solve problems, and manage their orders efficiently.
Main responsibilities include:
• Handling customer enquiries via phone and email
• Raising quotations for customer orders
• Dealing with pricing enquiries and technical queries
• Managing customer terms and pricing
• Progressing queries and following up
• Processing purchase orders
• Reactive and proactive selling and upselling where appropriate
• Providing first class customer service
• Carrying out occasional ad hoc duties as required
Skills & Attributes Required
We’re looking for someone who is both technically minded and customer focused.
You’ll need:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Computer literacy (including Microsoft Office)
• Confidence and enthusiasm for speaking to customers on the phone
• A reliable and committed working attitude
• A hard-working, proactive team player
• Good listening skills and a willingness to learn and develop
• A resourceful and problem-solving mindset
Experience Required
• Essential: Recent or current sales experience within the electrical wholesale industry
You should have a solid understanding of how the electrical wholesale sector operates and be able to communicate confidently with a wide range of customers and suppliers.
If you have the required sales experience in the electrical wholesale industry and enjoy working with people, please forward your CV and you will be contacted shortly.
All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Rhodium Consulting Ltd is a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in wholesalers, merchants and distributors within the building products sector. We strive to be the industry leader in delivering the highest calibre of candidates to our client companies, whilst enhancing the careers of our candidates. For further information and contact details, please visit our website