Trade Sales Assistant - Powertool (Full Time - Christchurch)

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NZ Safety Blackwoods is hiring a full-time Trade Sales Assistant for Powertools to join the Christchurch Middleton Trade Centre and drive growth in the Powertools and Tools category. You will serve customers in-store and by phone, take orders and enquiries, coordinate with purchasing and warehouse, identify new business opportunities, and conduct site visits with Account Managers. You’ll also manage stock counts and pricing daily while upholding HSE policies. The ideal candidate has proven retail or trade sales experience, strong power tools knowledge, excellent communication, a customer-service mindset, and a can-do, team oriented approach with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. Apply by tailoring your CV to power tools achievements and providing concrete examples of sales success and stock control; enjoy quarterly incentives, staff discounts and clear career opportunities.

It’s an exciting time to join NZ Safety Blackwoods! We are growing and looking for a Full Time Trade Sales Assistant (Powertools) to join our tight-knit team based in Christchurch Middleton!

The primary purpose of this role is to significantly grow and build the sales of the Powertools and Tools Category in the Christchurch Middleton Trade Centre.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Serve customers in the shop and by telephone including sales, orders and product enquiries.

• Maintain regular contact with current and potential customers to ensure customer needs are satisfied.
• Liaise with purchasing and warehouse staff to ensure customer requirements are met accurately and on time.
• Identify & target new business opportunities in specialist categories

·      Conduct customer site visits with Account Managers where specialist sales opportunities exist

• Ensure department stock takes are organized and all products are accurately counted and recorded.
• Maintain sales dockets and pricing details on a daily basis.
• Ensure all appropriate actions are taken to implement HSE policies, procedures and legislative requirements within Trade Centre

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in a similar role within the retail, sales and/or trade sector
• Will have a solid knowledge of power tools products
• Enthusiastic, motivated with excellent communication skills
• Have a passion for customer service coupled with a ‘can do attitude’
• Will be a team player, show initiative and have the ability to multi-task
• Have good time management and thrive on working in a fast paced environment

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.

Benefits:

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

Apply now and join the NZ Safety Blackwoods team!

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 Partner.