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More About Your Role
We are looking for a Sales Manager to help manage the performance of all sales activities within an assigned territory within our East Midlands and West Midlands patch. You will set a culture and support the achievement of targets for you and your sales team, including meeting or exceeding sales volumes, rates and prices, whilst ensuring this is achieved in line with our People Promises.
You will achieve this by leading by example when it comes to advising on house types, specification, tenure placement, marketing and buying procedures; ultimately ensuring that new developments launch on time with the correct product for the market, reservations are agreed and progressed through to completion in line with forecast. You will keep accurate and timely records in relation to sales status, forecast dates, sales progression notes and audit trail information.
For more information, please download our job profile available on our website.
More About You
A driving licence for this role is essential as you will be covering Nottinghamshire, Birmingham, Leicester, and Kettering areas. There is an expectation for you to be working out of our Leeds office every Thursday. When not on sites you will be working from home.
To be successful in this role you will need exemplary communication skills, you should understand what great customer service looks and feels like and have an empathy for our customers. You must?have experience within the new homes market a minimum of three years experience and be able to show a track record of accomplishments and target-driven successes in the sales field. It would be advantageous if you had knowledge of'shared ownership, but this is not essential.
You will also need good?administration skills and have the ability to keep all paperwork up to date.?We also need you to understand the importance of data protection and confidentiality in this role. An understanding of salesforce would be beneficial.
At Places for People, we prioritise our dedication to safer recruitment. Therefore, a basic DBS check is mandatory for this position.
Benefits??
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.???
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:???
- Competitive salary, reviewed annually
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%??
- Excellent holiday package - 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave??
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year??
- A Colleague Bonus Scheme
- Training and development??
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.?
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.
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