Trade Counter Salesperson
Principle Objective
The role of Trade Counter Salesperson is to provide our customers with a knowledgeable, friendly and dependable service, optimising sales and gross profit, promote the company's products and services in a professional manner and delivering an excellent level of customer care to our customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Build effective working relationships with customers, in order to understand their requirements thus ensuring that the correct products are supplied
- Use initiative to identify sales opportunities and offer advice and solutions to customers, thus maximising profitable sales and margin
- Achieve Sales & margin targets
- Maintain a clean and effectively merchandised counter area in line with company policy
- Responsible for the re-order of selected product lines and also ensuring that stock levels of selected product lines within the relevant department i.e. Plumbing, Heating and Bathrooms products are maintained at appropriate levels
- Liaise with suppliers where necessary
- Ensure a tidy working environment at all times in line with health and safety guidelines
Essential Competencies
- Effective team working
- Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- The flexibility and willingness to learn
- To enjoy working with people
- Tact and diplomacy
- Dynamic, motivated & driven to achieve targets
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail
Key Relationships
- Customers
- Colleagues and Staff
- Sales Representative
- Supplier
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: €31,500.00 per year
Additional pay:
- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Limerick, County Limerick: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Can you detail some of your trade experience?
Experience:
- Construction / Building Sales: 1 year (required)
- Construction: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 28/07/2025
Expected start date: 05/08/2025