Role overview
- ID: 2024-5761
- Entity: Vistry
- Region: Vistry Central Home Counties
- Department: Sales & Marketing
- Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Job Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Date Posted: 19.08.2024
We have a new opportunity for a Sales Consultant to join our team within Vistry Central Homes Counties, working on a development in Bury St Edmunds. As our Sales Consultant you will carry out all aspects of the day to day running of the marketing suite in accordance with the customer journey, taking ownership for the sales process with customers, maintaining necessary records and documentation during all stages of the sales progress.
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Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...
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Competitive basic salary and sales commission
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Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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Private Healthcare
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Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
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Competitive contributory pension scheme
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Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
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Share incentive schemes
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Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
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In return, what we would like from you...
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Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
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5 GCSEs / GCE including Mathematics and English (at C grade or above)
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Experience working in a customer facing role delivering under pressure
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Experience in progressing leads and sales through telephone-based business development
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Proven track record of achieving sales targets
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Proven track record of exceptional customer service
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Excellent IT skills with demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft Office tools
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Comfortable using multi-channel forms of communication
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Ability to handle challenging and difficult situations
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Strong negotiation and sales skills
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Proven track record of successful completing the sales process with customers.
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More about the Sales Consultant role...
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Proactively seek out prospective sales and follow up all enquiries with telephone communication and marketing literature to optimise the business opportunity for sales across all sites within the designated area
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Manage and implement new innovation in fulfilling the business targets on new home sales across all sites
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Negotiate with customers to ensure the best sales outcome for the business
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Utilise all technology available to ensure innovation in generating sales in differing environmental and economic conditions
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Ensure effective management of sales visits with pre-booked customers ensuring that these are arranged at suitable times and are undertaken effectively.
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Proactively manage and follow the sales process as set out in the Sales induction training and development and Procedure Guide with every customer.
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Proactively working as a member of the sales team within the area and demonstrating effective team working skills with others
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Evaluate each sales process with a customer as to how the sale can be achieved more effectively, efficiently and profitably for the Company.
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Proactively sell all types of customer extras across all reservations to drive additional profit for the Company.
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Ensure every customer contact is recorded on the relevant IT system and in line with GDPR.
Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...
We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.
You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.
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Benefits
Agile Working
Offers a flexible way of working.
Annual Leave
Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.
Pension with Legal & General
Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.
Volunteer Days
With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Why Vistry
Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.