Sales assistant

Sales Assistant – Ashington (NE63 0YE)

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits.

We are Plumb Centre, a part of the Wolseley Group – a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, we provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award‑winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers on the trade counter, offering advice and product knowledge.
• Respond to customer enquiries via phone and email, providing quotes promptly and courteously with a proactive attitude.
• Perform general warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the systems, putting it away, and picking and packing customer orders which may involve manual handling of heavy items.

Qualifications / Desired Traits

• Approachable and supportive of customers when needed.
• Quick learner able to help out in a busy branch.

Benefits

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
• Generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
• Potential to earn bonuses
• Enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• Access to a great range of online and high street discounts.
• Free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more.

It is a full‑time, permanent role, working 40 hours per week from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday, plus 1 in 3 Saturdays from 8am – 12pm (paid as overtime).

Company Overview

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award‑winning pension and great rewards package. As part of the world’s largest specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.

We look forward to receiving your application! #ACHS150