Trade Sales Assistant (Full Time - Glenfield)

It’s an exciting time to join NZ Safety Blackwoods! We are looking for a Trade Sales Assistant to join our tight-knit team at our Trade Centre in Glenfield.

Hours of work are Full Time 40 hours per week (7:30 am to 5 pm Wednesday-Friday, as well as Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm).

This isn’t your standard sales role! Its varied and fun! Other aspects of the role include storeman work, computer work and some manual handling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the first point of call for customers walking through the door
• Interact with customers, identifying their needs and presenting solutions across our wide range of products and services
• Customer service that grows sales and loyalty
• Provide world class customer service - Ensuring customers are always the number one priority
• Upsell at every opportunity
• Liaise with support teams including suppliers by phone, email etc to ensure customer requirements are met accurately and on time.
• Ability to assist, maintain and improve store presentation and visual merchandising standards and selection of products to sell
• Maintain stock levels on shelves ensuring appropriate stock rotation
• Handling, packing and dispatching inwards and outwards goods
• Assist with maintaining accurate inventory within the store

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Will have proven experience in a similar role within the retail, sales and/or trade sector
• Sales driven with a desire to exceed targets and be rewarded for high performance
• A friendly, outgoing personality with excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a team player
• Be able to quickly build long lasting relationships
• A problem solver who is able to turn challenging situations into a win/win
• Will have a passion for customer service coupled with a ‘can do attitude’
• Will be physically able and thrive on working in a fast paced environment
• Have computer skills to process point of sales counter sales, use of outlook for emails etc

About Us:

At NZ Safety Blackwoods, we are passionate about providing expert knowledge and solutions to our customers. We have a strong reputation as a market leader providing industrial solutions for apparel, footwear, safety, engineering, tools and packaging.

With Trade Centres across New Zealand, as well as a diverse sales team, digital platform and call centre, our goal is to make it safe, easy and efficient to do business whilst providing access to a vast product range covering all business needs.

NZ Safety Blackwoods is all about taking care – taking care of our customers, our community and each other.

Benefits:

• Quarterly sales incentives
• Work with a diverse business with a huge product range selling market leading brands
• Great staff discounts
• On Site Parking
• Great Career opportunities in a long-established successful NZ heritage business that is growing

We’d love to hear from you, apply now and share what makes you a great fit for the NZ Safety Blackwoods family! Want to learn more about who we are and what we do? Visit us here: https://nzsafetyblackwoods.co.nz/

NZ Safety Blackwoods promotes and adheres to the principles and practices of diversity. We are also very proud to be an official partner of Mates In Construction Impact Premium.