Merchant Countersales Person

Location: Edinburgh
Salary: 30k DOE
Contract: Permanent

We are currently seeking a Merchant Countersales Person to join our client in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing new business and maintaining existing relationships with our customers.

Responsibilities and Duties:
Dealing with customers face to face and over the telephone
Giving excellent customer service and sound product advice
Providing quotations for customers
Purchasing materials and managing stock levels for the category
Taking a proactive approach to sales, using every opportunity to make or increase a sales.

Qualifications and Skills:
You will be working within a close-knit team and will be dealing with our customers daily. You will, therefore, need to be the person that our customers will look forward to seeing knowing that they will always receive excellent customer service and sound advice. You should also be enthusiastic, hardworking and have a positive attitude alongside:-
Sales experience within a merchant environment is preferable although training will be given to the right candidate
Building supplies product knowledge is essential
Confident when dealing with customers
The ability to build great customer relationships
A good telephone manner, excellent communication and interpersonal skill
Computer literate