Job title: Auction Sales Negotiator
Location: Leicester
Contract Type: Full Time /Permanent
Package: £25,000 + Commission
Industry: Property Auctions
Hours: Monday - Friday, 37.5 Hours per week
Office based with occasional external appointments
Driving License Essential
Job Published: 20/6/2024
We are seeking a full time Sales Negotiator with ideally at least 2 years minimum experience for the Auction arm of our Clients Leicester based Estate Agency.
The successful candidate will take a role on existing and new projects while working with the other members of the Auction Team to develop and promote the services offered by the business.
The Company
Our client are a firm of Chartered Surveyors, Valuers, Estate Agents and Auctioneers working across the Midlands Counties. Their roots date back 180 years, and they have extensive local knowledge and business experience offering a wide range of services to their clients.
The company has strong relationships with local professional firms and plays a pivotal role in the communities that it serves.
Main Responsibilities:
This role is to support the Auction Division in all aspects, but not limited to:
- Reporting to the Head of Auctions to achieve auction sales, conveyancing and financial services targets and maintain the businesses position as the area's leading agent within the marketplace.
- Dealing with telephone and face to face enquiries and providing high levels of customer service at all times.
- Pre-qualifying applicants and arranging viewings
- Supporting the Auction team with administrative duties including the carrying out any checks to comply with legislation.
- Negotiating offers on Lots.
- Processing buyers and sellers' information regarding financial position.
- Booking and arranging viewings and valuations.
- Ensuring a smooth hand over of keys upon completion and ensure all parties always experience the best service, always.
- Managing own workload and emails
- Carrying out viewings if required.
- Managing pre-auction bidder registrations
Key requirements
- Previous experience in an estate agency or auctioneer role essential
- Be commercially astute, understanding the importance of business targets and their impact to the practice.
- Have a commitment to providing an excellent standard of client care.
- Be IT literate with experience of using a web-based case management system.
- Proactive and business minded,
- Able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally,
- Full driving licence and access to own vehicle,
- Strong organisational skills - able to prioritise own time and workload,
- Ability to work well on their own and as a team,
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages,
- Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative without day-to-day supervision and will need organisational and diary skills to be able to repeat defined activities on a regular basis to communicate with clients and customers.
The company are committed to supporting the right candidate through career progression and all relevant qualifications.
They are an equal opportunities employer and work hard but also understand the importance of taking time out of the office and enjoy team and company days including BBQs and team building days such as clay shooting.
How to apply:
We invite you to apply by submitting your CV ensuring it is fully up to date detailing your relevant experience and achievements.
*Please note, this is a full-time office based position with occasional external appointments. Unfortunately we are unable to accept offers of part time or remote working*
Windmill9 Consulting is a Business Consultancy and Employment Agency acting on behalf of the client.
All applications will be dealt with professionally and in the strictest of confidence.
We will contact suitable applicants for an initial screening to discuss your application and answer any questions you may have prior to submitting your application to the client.
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