Position: Retail Sales Consultant (6 month FTC with the potential to go permanent)
Location: Edinburgh (EH1)
Salary: £20,000 – £22,000 per annum (plus a generous bonus scheme)

Hours: 37.5 (hours to be worked flexibly Monday –  Saturday between 08:00 – 20:00 and Sunday 10:00 – 18:00)
Experience: Sales Executive, Retail Sales Advisor, Customer Service, Premium Product, B2C

The Opportunity:

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working alongside a well-known and respected global client, who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and customer-focused Retail Sales Consultant, to join their brand-new experience centre, which will be opening in May 2021.

As Retail Sales Consultant, you will be responsible for communicating with customers within the showroom environment. Our client offers super high-end premium products, which are often technical, so the successful Retail Sales Consultant must be able to absorb information, carry out product demonstrations within the showroom, and ultimately close the sale.

As Retail Sales Consultant, you must be confident, knowledgeable and personable when meeting customers, ensuring that each customer receives an impeccable customer experience. The successful Retail Sales Consultant, must be intelligent, confident within a luxury retail environment and be able to offer a consultative approach to all customers.

Whilst this is a customer-focused sales role, it is vital that the successful Retail Sales Consultant is commercially driven to hit individual sales targets.

The Company:

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a well known and global premium brand, who are looking to recruit an outstanding Retail Sales Consultant to join their brand new experience centre based in Edinburgh, which is opening May 2021.

Our client really invests in the professional development of their staff and actively encourages all their employees to move around the business as well as progress in terms of seniority, so definitely a great place to build a solid career.

In addition to the professional benefits our client rewards their staff with flexibly, strong bonus scheme, 25 days holiday (+bank holidays), a subsidised restaurant and a healthcare scheme, as well as many other benefits.

Requirements:

• Experience of selling a premium product (or a comparable sales role)
• Experience working directly with customers within a luxury retail environment
• Commercially driven to achieve and exceed sales targets
• Motivated to learn about technical products and be able to demonstrate these appliances within a showroom environment
• Excellent face to face communication
• A genuine desire to offer customer service excellence and build outstanding product knowledge

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk) are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in the sourcing of Sales, Marketing and office administration candidates in Oxfordshire. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, gender, age or sex.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.