Sales Negotiator
- Permanent - Full time
- Travis Perkins plc
- Northampton, Northamptonshire
hrs/pw
Monday - Friday 08:00-17:00
Northampton
This vacancy has now expired. Please see similar roles below...
Are you an excellent communicator? Do you take pride in your abilities at building your customer relationships?
If you keep the customer at the heart of everything that you do then we have the perfect role for you!
What you will do
At Travis Perkins, we have a brilliant opportunity for a Sales Negotiator to join our collaborative and thriving National Sales team based in our Office within Northampton.
You will build and maintain relationships with our large National customers, being their single point of contact for pricing and ordering. It is essential that you identify new sales opportunities, from both new and existing customers, taking ownership of quotes and ensuring these are all actioned and followed up.
In this role you will also coordinate enquiries over email and manage inbound calls. Linking with our branch network, manufacturers and National Account Managers, you will partner with them to contribute to our sales growth through proactive customer engagement.
Is this you?
We are after someone who’s enthusiastic, resilient and resourceful, with a sharp eye for identifying new opportunities and a passion for excellence. Being well-organised and planned goes without saying, as you will be responsible for meeting our valued customer expectations.
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Great customer services skills
- The ability to Build strong relationships with multiple customer and internal stakeholders
- Experience in identifying new opportunities and creating solutions for our customers
- Excellent IT skills with the ability to use multiple systems.
- Knowledge of building materials and the merchant industry would be desired but not essential as full training will be provided.
What’s in it for you?
You’ll be supported by some of the best training & development in the industry. Our impressive internal succession programme means, whatever it is you do with us, it will be easy for you to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
Competitive performance related bonus
Save-as-you-earn scheme
Buy-as-you-earn scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses including with special discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses.
A bit about us:
As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!
#TP/HO
Do you want to be notified every time a job like this gets added? Follow the link below and we'll send you an email
Building better communities
Our businesses span the trade, home improvement and DIY markets and our aim is to offer the best for our employees, customers, suppliers and the communities around us which helps bring our strategy to life.
Who we are
Roles you may be interested in
We are sorry but your search has returned no results.
Please try some of the links below to find what you are looking for:
Our stories
Teaser
Branch, Store & ShowroomsContent Type
BlogsPublish date
01/31/2024
Summary
What is a Store Assistant job? As a Store Assistant, you'll be the face of Toolstation, making a fantastic first impression, building long-lasting relationships and going above and beyond to mak
Teaser
GeneralContent Type
BlogsPublish date
06/19/2023
Summary
Taking ownership of your career development is important if you want to achieve professional success. It means taking responsibility for your own learning, growth, and development. Making intenti
Teaser
Sales & OperationsContent Type
BlogsPublish date
03/17/2023
Summary
There are some common misconceptions about sales jobs that can put candidates off applying. Often people think of demanding targets, cold calling and inflexible hours. However, at Travis Perkins
Teaser
GeneralContent Type
BlogsPublish date
03/13/2023
Summary
What is customer service? Customer service is the support you offer your customers. Whether you are in store or behind a phone, you’ll play a pivotal role in the success of any business. Typic
Teaser
GeneralContent Type
BlogsPublish date
07/07/2022
Summary
Our commercial function is at the forefront of everything we do, responsibly sourcing and buying the thousands of products and materials we sell within our branch networks and online, ensuring our cus
Content Type
BlogsPublish date
04/14/2022
Summary
Back in March 2020, the Travis Perkins Group, like many other businesses, asked its support function colleagues to work from home to help keep everyone safe during the pandemic. Whilst our branch coll
Teaser
GeneralContent Type
BlogsPublish date
11/23/2021
Summary
Within the Travis Perkins Group, family values are very important to us, so we endeavour to accommodate our colleagues needs. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced us all to work in different ways, and fo
Teaser
GeneralContent Type
BlogsPublish date
03/03/2021
Summary
International Women’s Day 2021 has arrived, under the global theme, #ChooseToChallenge. This year, we’re doing just that. Every year we’ve enjoyed hearing stories from women around the globe speak abo
Teaser
ApprenticeshipsContent Type
BlogsPublish date
12/16/2020
Summary
Learn and Earn In just three years, our “Learn and Earn” Apprenticeship Programmes (LEAP) grew to a 38-strong apprenticeship offering while 2020 was marked as a record-breaker for the number