Sales Assistant

Where

West Thurrock

Type

Permanent

Salary

35000 Annual

The Company:

  • The UK s largest electrical wholesaler, with over 400 stores nationwide, each staffed by trained sales, technical, and service teams ready to help customers.

  • With Sustainability & Social Values to lead the sector and act as a positive force for people, planet, and communities.

  • A Sales Assistant role offers opportunities for progression into management for motivated individuals.

  • Committed to delivering meaningful benefits to customers, employees, and society through responsible and sustainable business practices.

The Role of the Sale Assistant

  • Support the Branch Manager with daily operations, including counter sales, warehouse tasks, phone sales, and email sales.

  • Work as part of a collaborative team environment to achieve branch goals and maintain high service standards.

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with contractors across key market sectors such as industrial, renewables, and electrical.

  • For the right person, there is clear progression based on performance, hard work, and going the extra mile for the customer.

Benefits of the Sales Assistant

  • £30k - £35k bonus

  • Overtime

  • Holidays plus bank holiday,

  • Pension,

  • Progression hours

  • (Shift pattern Mon - Friday 7.00am 4.30pm or 8.00am 5.30pm and one in every third Saturday)

The Ideal Person for the Sales Assistant

  • Join a friendly, supportive team at a branch based in Essex; my client is looking for a hard-working and pleasant person who wants to grow within the business.

  • Ideally, you will have good face-to-face sales experience and enjoy supporting and listening to customers to help provide the right products.

  • Candidates with a background in wholesale or retail are welcome, as well as school leavers looking for their first role.

  • This is an opportunity to build a long-term career with a market-leading brand, where success and progression are based on hard work, excellent performance, and great customer service.

if you think the role of Sales Assistant is for you, apply now!

Consultant: Sarah Dimmock

Email: (url removed)

Tel no. (phone number removed)

Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK.

About On Target

At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally.

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