Sales Agent
Salary: Base Salary of £28,000 plus Commission (OTE £40,000)
Start: October 2023
Permanent & full-time
We are looking for a Sales Agent to help us grow our business.
It’s an exciting opportunity for someone with similar experience to represent award-winning produce to a mixture of ethnic Eastern-European and British Customers.
You will have to be a self-motivated, enthusiastic person with top Customer service skills, a positive and collaborative outlook, being able to easily adapt and respond to the challenges and opportunities that each day brings. The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role and will share our enthusiasm for Baltic baking!
About Us
We are an award-winning artisan bakery, established in 2005, specialising in rye (‘juoda duona’) and brioche baking. Our roots are in the Baltics, where rye bread is a daily staple, and with over 150 years of combined baking experience we know rye like no other. Our recipes have been handed down from generation to generation and we use only natural, high-quality ingredients. The result is bread that is not only healthy, but also incredibly delicious. In fact, we are proud to have been awarded more Great Taste Awards combined for our bread than any other bakery in the last 10 years.
You can find us at Borough Market, several London Farmers Markets, Selfridges, Whole Foods Markets and many ethnic shops across the UK. You can also visit us at our café-shop in Westfield Stratford.
Core responsibilities:
Driving our new business development:
Identifying and reaching out to potential clients
Onboarding new Clients
Maintaining our existing client relationships:
Monitoring sales and customer activity
Coming up with and executing strategies to grow our existing client accounts
Benefits:
3 days per year sick pay at full rate, SSP after
Pension scheme
Employee benefits scheme
Free birthday cake of your choice
Supply of free baked good at the office, discounted product to take home
Seasonal bonuses
A friendly, supportive team environment and a direct line to the company founders
Free car parking at the site
About you
2-3 years’ of experience in sales
Motivated to drive positive customer relationships and acquire new customers.
A ‘can do’ attitude
A team player
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Drivers licence and access to a car
Our bakery is based in Barking, London, however the majority of time will be spent out visiting new and existing customers, therefore, it is essential that you have access to your own car and a full UK licence.
If this sounds like you, please get in touch at
[email protected]
