Retail Sales Consultant in Whitstable

The role of a Territory Sales Consultant is an excellent opportunity to drive the sales and product awareness of our products with assigned B&Q stores. This role will be working across Gillingham, Larkfield, Maidstone & Whitstable and you are required to be living in these areas. This position is ideal for a sales professional with retail sales or service experience, who has coached or mentored others.

In return we offer an exciting career with ongoing support and development, attractive salary, uncapped sales bonus, car, lunch allowance and a company contributed pension.

As Territory Sales Consultant your main tasks will be:

• Establish strong selling relationships with store associates, store management and other customer contacts.
• Conduct product knowledge training sessions for all B&Q Store teams, including features, benefits as well as selling skills and may include a demo of the products.
• Continually promote and represent the brand and product strengths to B&Q store teams and consumers.
• Identify opportunities in service/upselling and maximizing resource at store level with solution.
• Maintain store signage, merchandising displays, colour chip and colour card stock.
• Utilize the CRM system to document sales calls and store visits.
• Conduct events to promote products and to increase sales.
• Ensuring in store activations and business activity are executed successfully in each store.

What we are looking for:

• Previous experience in Customer Service, Sales, Marketing or merchandising.
• Experience coaching and mentoring others.
• Retail experience.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule which includes a minimum of 2 Saturdays a month and bank holidays.
• Valid drivers license required for the role.

What we can offer:

• Attractive salary.
• Sales bonus scheme (uncapped - on target at 10%).
• Hybrid company car also for private usage + fuel card.
• Lunch allowance (non-taxed and no need to receipt).
• Life Pension Scheme Company Contributed.
• Flexible working schedule (including weekends and bank holidays).
• Continued payment of salary in the event of sickness & 25 days of annual leave.
• Work-life balance.
• Career opportunities.
• Ongoing training and support.

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results.

Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

• Life with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being.
• Career with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution.
• Connection with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities.

It's all here for you... let’s Create Your Possible.

Eligibility to Work: You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.

Equal Opportunity Employer: An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.