Sales Executive

Department: Retail Sales

Location: 194 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 4ND.

Days: Monday-Friday & Saturday

Hours: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm Saturday 10.00 – 5.00pm.

Remuneration: Salary plus Pension & Health Insurance (upon successful completion of probation).

Holiday Entitlement: 23 Days per annum plus statutory public holidays (compulsory holidays between Christmas and New Year).

This role offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

As the Sales Executive, you will be responsible for and have the following key attributes, but not limited to:

• Advising and completing sales on our range of fireplaces and outdoor living products.
• Excellent telephone manner and customer service attitude.
• Processing sales orders for other team members.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Ability to resolve problems and deal with complaints & issues should they arise.
• Essential IT skills, knowledge Microsoft 365 an advantage. NAV experience a benefit but not essential as training will be provided.
• Proactive, can do attitude and willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.
• Methodical, organised & structured.
• Excellent team player and ability to work independently where required.
• Good diary and time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and multi-task.

Some occasional travel around London/Home Counties may be required to attend meetings or as requested by the company.

Reporting directly to Nicholas Chesney and working within Retail sales.

Initial job role training will take place in London and will involve some time spent with the Retail Sales Department in South West London. All expenses paid in line with company expenses policy.

The successful candidate for the role of Sales Executive will have previous experience within a similar role and/or similar responsibilities

Please submit a covering letter and CV to nicholas.chesney@chesneys.co.uk

Trade Sales Administrator

Chesneys are delighted to be recruiting two full time Trade Sales Administrators to join the Customer Services team in Beeston supporting its growing network of independent Trade Stockists. Chesneys are the UK’s leading luxury fireplace brand renowned for their exquisite stone and marble fireplaces, award winning wood burning stoves and revolutionary outdoor Heater BBQ cookers.

The successful applicants will join Chesney’s Customer Services team which provides sales support and technical product advice and processes sales orders from over 150 approved stockist throughout the UK and Ireland. The Team also provide support to the company’s field sales team.

Essential qualities and attributes are:

• Strong administration skills with an acute attention to detail and accuracy.
• Outstanding customer service skills and telephone manner – B2B and B2C.
• Proactive sales skills.
• An ability to learn fast and retain information.
• The ability to assimilate a comprehensive technical and practical understanding of an extensive product range.
• A can do attitude with ability to work under pressure.
• A strong team member but with ability to work independently and to show initiative.
• Methodical, organised and structure approach to daily tasks and work load.
• Ability to juggle tasks and meet deadlines.
• Accountable for maintaining and accurately recording customer. interactions whilst ensuring a timely resolution of customer enquiries and technical issues & communication thereof.
• Working with management to maintain best practices.
• Good working knowledge of Word, Excel and other Microsoft based software programs.
• Navision and Zendesk experience desirable but not essential.
• Undertake any other duties that are reasonably requested.
• Adhere to and work within all company policies and procedures.

Successful candidates will be asked to provide evidence of relevant skills and experience and will be required to complete psychometric tests as part of the interview and recruitment process.

Initial training will take place in part at the company head office and showrooms in Battersea, South West London and Belize Park, North London to allow the successful candidate to become familiar with the company’s processes and obtain a comprehensive understanding of its product range. Training will include on-site observation of installation processes and workshop based training in relation to product manufacture. In addition there will be showroom based sales training and office based support service familiarisation.  During London based training, which will be for a week at a time, all accommodation and associated costs and travel expenses will be met by the company.

Please submit a covering letter and CV to jobs@chesneys.co.uk

Sales Executive

Department: Retail Sales

Location: Chesney’s St Albans Showroom

Days: Monday-Friday & Saturday

Hours: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm Saturday 10.00 – 5.00pm

Renumeration: Salary of £35,000.00 – £45,000.00 subject to level of experience, plus performance linked bonus, Pension and Health Insurance (after successful completion of probation).

Holiday Entitlement: 23 Days per annum plus statutory public holidays (compulsory holidays between Christmas and New Year).

This role offers a generous remuneration package mixing base salary with performance bonus.

As Sales Executive, you will be responsible for and have the following key attributes, but not limited to:

• Be able to advise & complete sales on our full range of products.
• Technical ability – The successful candidate needs to have the ability to read & understand architectural drawings & specifications.
• The candidate should have a general interest in interior design & architecture allowing them to keep up to date with current & developing trends within the fireplace industry.
• Experience working with interior designers on prime residential projects would be useful and have as second nature the patience and flexibility required to meet their requirements.
• Confidence and sophistication required to deal with high-net-worth private clients.
• IT skills, knowledge Microsoft 365 an advantage. NAV experience a benefit but not essential as training will be provided.
• Ability to resolve problems & deal with complaints or issues should they arise.
• Good diary and time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and multi-task.

Some occasional travel around London/ Home Counties may be required to attend site meetings or as requested by the company.

Reporting directly to Nicholas Chesney and working within Retail sales.

Initial job role training will take place in London and will involve some time spent with the Retail Sales Department in South West London. All expenses paid in line with company expenses policy.

The successful candidate for the role of Sales Executive will have previous experience within a similar role and/or similar responsibilities.

For further information please email a CV to nicholas.chesney@chesneys.co.uk

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