Sales Executives in Cotgrave

Location: East Midlands region – Cotgrave, Rearsby and Anstey

Salary: Competitive

Hours: 35 hrs per week

About the Role:

There has never been a better time to join Allison Homes and be part of our exciting growth journey. At Allison Homes, we pride ourselves on being an award-winning private housebuilder dedicated to creating beautiful homes and communities across the Central and East of England, the East Midlands and the South West of England. Our mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a quality product suitable for everyone. We are proud of our people, and collaboration and teamwork are key to everything we do. Our Values are at our heart and centre around Trust, Teamwork, Kindness, Passion and Performance.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help us achieve our ambitious growth plans and goals, to be part of our journey and to grow their career along with our success. Reporting to the Head of Sales, as a Sales Executive you will play a key role in delivering the day-to-day sales performance across our developments, acting as a trusted and professional ambassador for Allison Homes and the primary point of contact for customers throughout their buying journey.

The core purpose of the role is to consistently deliver a high-quality, customer-focused sales service while achieving agreed sales and financial targets across allocated developments. You will demonstrate strong commercial awareness and exceptional interpersonal skills, enabling you to build and maintain professional relationships, fully understand customer needs, and effectively guide them through the decision-making process. This will include advanced listening and questioning techniques, product presentation, negotiation, and closing.

You will take ownership of the end-to-end customer journey, ensuring it is delivered in line with Allison Homes’ standards, procedures, and performance expectations, while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance the customer experience and sales outcomes. Previous sales experience within the New Homes sector is desirable, though not essential, as comprehensive training and ongoing development will be provided.

Key Duties:

• Achieve new homes sales in line with agreed targets.
• Proven ability to effectively close sales and drive results.
• Effectively manage the COINS database (for which training will be given).
• Respond to enquiries effectively and in a timely manner – visits, telephone calls, and emails.
• Ensure all relevant paperwork and site administration is accurate, up to date and GDPR compliant.
• Liaise with customers, solicitors, and estate agents etc on all aspects of construction and sales progression.
• Maintain adequate stocks of literature and price lists ensuring their accuracy.
• Ensure that your site plans are kept up to date and align with the versions used by the Site Manager.
• Stay informed about competitors' products, pricing, sales, and market rates.
• Maintain the presentation of the show homes and the marketing suite, including off site sales signage.
• Contribute to Marketing and PR proposals.
• Comply with the company Health & Safety standards.
• Understand and act upon customer needs to maintain company reputation.
• Good time keeping is essential and the ability to manage an electronic diary system will be needed.

This list is not exhaustive.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Exceptional customer service and sales experience.
• Professional and friendly approach.
• Excellent communication skills – verbally and written.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to be proactive and work under pressure.
• Strong administrative and computer skills, with proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Must be able to work weekends and bank holidays.
• The ability to embrace and role model our company values – Trust, Teamwork, Kindness and Passion.
• The ability to work independently.
• The ability to prioritise work and use initiative.
• Good time management skills and proven ability to manage various stakeholders at a time.
• Must hold a full driving licence and have use of own vehicle for business travel.

The benefit package for this role includes:

• Competitive salary.
• Competitive Commission Scheme.
• Car allowance (with option to join the company salary sacrifice car scheme, T&Cs).
• 25 days holiday (extending to 27 days holiday after two years of continuous service).
• Pension Scheme.
• Group Life Assurance.
• Group Income Protection Scheme.
• Smart Health Employee Assistance Programme.
• Simply Health Cash Plan (opt in).
• Allison Homes House purchase discount scheme.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Allison Homes, please do not hesitate to apply.