Position: Trainee Business Executive 
Location: Based outside of Abingdon (OX13)
Salary: £23,000 per annum
Hours: 5 day working week, 09:00 – 17:00 (1 in 4 Saturdays with 1 day off in the week)
Experience: Business Executive, Trainee, Administration, Customer Service, Showroom, Sales Administrator, Flooring  

The Opportunity:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working alongside an established and successful premium flooring business based in Wootton who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and confident Trainee Business Executive to join their team.  

As Trainee Business Executive, your role will be very varied where you will gain valuable experience in customer service, sales, and administration and learn about the general day to day running of a business.   

As Trainee Business Executive, you will be responsible for managing customer calls, responding to customer emails, diary management and dealing with suppliers. Therefore, you must be confident and passionate about building strong personable relationships with customers and corporate clients alike.  

The successful Trainee Business Executive will therefore be responsible for providing exceptional customer service, explaining flooring options, sending customers further details and booking in appointments. Therefore, attention to detail and offering customer service excellence is paramount.  

Our client pride themselves on the quality of their work and the ability to provide an accurate and seamless customer experience every time. The successful Trainee Business Executive will work alongside the existing team to learn customer service, sales and administrative processes and should be extremely organised and able to effectively manage a high workload once up to speed in the role. Although, during training there will be supervision until you are confident in your abilities.

The Company:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment’s client are an established and successful high-end flooring business who are looking to recruit a Trainee Business Executive due to expansion.  

They pride themselves on the quality of their work, providing an accurate and seamless customer experience is at the forefront of each employee’s mind. Once you have completed your training and feel confident within the role, this position with offer the opportunity for lots of responsibility and is a fantastic and unique opportunity to expand your skillset, learn about the day-to-day running of a business and build a solid career long-term.

Our client also prides themselves on the training and progression of their staff. All their showroom staff have progressed within the company and really built their career, so this is a fantastic opportunity to build your own career early on. 

Requirements:  

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build a rapport with corporate clients and the general public alike  
• Ability to offer premium level of customer service  
• Strong level of spelling and grammar  
• An understanding of administrative processes and evidence managing a high workload would be preferred

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.    

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.