Walford Timber has nearly 80 years of heritage, innovation and continuous growth. Our Chesham branch is a specialist supplier of high-quality fencing and timber products, supplying installers, developers, contractors, trades people and property owners / DIY sector.
About the job:
We're looking for another star to join our team in Chesham if you would like to work for a company that values its employees, treats them like humans and wants to help them grow in their roles and have relevant experience then read on,
In this role you will be responsible for serving both trade and retail customers daily in branch at our trade counter, over the phone and via email, on top of this you will identify new clients and business opportunities and increase trade with our existing client base.
You will liase with customers, calculate material requirements, submit and convert quotations, winning business and help us in growing our share of the market place and build on our reputation
This is a full-time permanent position. Our opening hours are 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
About you:
As you will be responsible for serving customers, you'll have a polite and professional manner. You'll be able to follow set procedures and office systems with accuracy and you will be competent with the handling of customer payments.
Ideally you would have previous sales experience, it would be desireable for this to have been within a builders or timber merchant though this is not essential
Our quotations, invoices and sales orders are all computerised so familiarity with a keyboard and Microsoft Windows based software is important.
Many of our products are manufactured or sawn to order to non-standard sizes and individual designs so a good grasp of measurements and basic calculations would be helpful, though full training will be given
About us:
Walford Timber Ltd, founded in 1945, manufacture innovative and award-winning timber and fencing products in Ross-on-Wye. Our products are known for their quality, durability and service-life guarantees, and our team are known for their in-depth product knowledge and friendly efficient approach.
We are offering a highly competitive salary, as well as company pension, and you'll have 30 days annual leave including the statutory bank holidays. Some of these days (usually 6 or 7) must be kept back for our annual Christmas shutdown.
Please apply with an up to date CV and brief covering letter
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: In person