Department: London West Hire And Service Centre
Location: Oxford Hire And Visitor Centre
Application Deadline: 27 March 2026
Compensation: £28,000 - £32,000 / year
Description
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation that is committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Sales Executive to join our team in Oxford who will drive sales and order winning activities by actively promoting Portakabin products and services.
As a Sales Executive you will play a pivotal role, supporting commercial colleagues by managing administrative tasks related to order-winning activities and contributing to business development by promoting Portakabin products and services.
Role Details
* Annual salary up to £32,000 depending on skills and experience, plus up to £5,000 commission per annum.
* Location: Oxford, OX2 8JD.
* Contract type: Permanent.
* Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to
* Execute all commercial administrative activities accurately and efficiently.
* Collaborate with team members and colleagues across different teams to provide business development, commercial and administrative support aimed at achieving order targets at agreed margins.
* Support onboarding and provide on-the-job training for new team members as required.
* Identify and resolve issues promptly, escalating where necessary to improve processes and share learning.
* Prioritise customer service to maximise customer satisfaction and ensure continuity of service for future order winning opportunities.
* Collaborate with colleagues to understand and confirm stock availability, refurbishment and fit out details.
* Collaborate with customers and internal teams to expedite collection of outstanding customer payments.
* Maintain effective relationships across teams and respond to administrative queries through appropriate communication channels.
* Prepare quotations accurately and follow up with customers on time.
* Respond to customer enquiries promptly within agreed SLA timelines.
* Maintain customer information up-to-date and accurate in internal systems.
* Keep stock records accurate and regularly updated.
* Meet customer cash collection targets through timely customer payments.
* Conduct structured business development campaigns to meet order targets.
Benefits & Opportunities
* Contributory pension including life insurance benefit.
* A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services.
* A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Employee Benefits Program (discounts at hundreds of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays).
* Learning & development opportunities and resources.
* Opportunity for career progression.
Our Ideal Candidate
* Administrative experience in a customer service environment.
* Experience in a target driven environment.
* Experience of business development activities such as cold calling.
* Minimum GCSE or equivalent level of education including Maths and English.
* Competence in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
* Working knowledge of SAP (or similar systems).
Even if you do not match all our ideal criteria, we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing Monday 2nd March.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
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