At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the sales journey for high-quality property developments and convert leads into successful sales.
- Company: Join one of the UK's leading social enterprises focused on building thriving communities.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous holiday, pension contributions, and exclusive discounts.
- Other info: Flexible working options available to support your work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real difference while thriving in a target-driven sales environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in property sales with excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 Β£ per year.
If you're a proven sales professional from a new homes or property sales background, this is your opportunity to sell high-quality developments while making a real difference. As one of the UK's leading social enterprises, everything we do is about building thriving communities. We're looking for commercially driven sales people who know how to convert leads into completions, deliver an outstanding customer journey, and take pride in closing deals the right way.
This role will feel very familiar if you've worked in new build, estate agency or property development sales. As a Sales Executive, you'll take full ownership of the sales journey on your development(s) from first enquiry through to reservation, legal progression and successful handover.
- Proactively generating and converting leads into reservations and completed sales
- Managing the full sales pipeline and accurately forecasting performance
- Negotiating confidently while maintaining a high-quality customer experience
- Building strong relationships with buyers, solicitors and internal stakeholders
- Representing the brand professionally and driving site-specific sales strategies
You'll work closely with the Sales Manager and wider team, with clear targets and the autonomy to manage your patch like your own business. Working 5 days to include weekend - Tuesday to Saturday subject to change.
You're a results-driven sales professional who thrives in a target-led environment and understands what it takes to sell property.
- Experience in new homes, property or estate agency sales
- Excellent negotiation, communication and relationship-building skills
- A customer-focused mindset, balancing commercial outcomes with service quality
- You're competitive, proactive and motivated by success but you also care about doing the right thing for customers and communities.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Excellent holiday package up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Training and development
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.
We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.
Head of Sales Training employer: Places for People
At Places for People, we pride ourselves on being a leading social enterprise that not only focuses on delivering high-quality property sales but also on building thriving communities. Our supportive work culture fosters employee growth through comprehensive training and development opportunities, alongside a competitive benefits package that includes generous annual leave and pension contributions. Join us in making a meaningful impact while enjoying the autonomy to manage your own sales journey in a flexible and inclusive environment.