Home & Garden Sales Executive

Ready to join an established and growing manufacturing company?

Cunningham’s purpose is improving lives through the manufacture of bespoke, clever, protective covers.  Our vision is to be the world’s leading manufacturer in this field.

We are now recruiting for a motivated individual to join our Sales team and share in this vision, with a focus on the Home, Garden and Lifestyle sector.

The Role – Home & Garden Sales Executive

Key Responsibilities:

Cunningham have been manufacturing clever protective covers for over 50 years and specialise in providing solutions for industries globally, including Aviation, Industrial, Aquaculture, Transportation and much more. With this, and to be part of a fast-paced sales team with continuous on-the-job training provided.

• Managing and building relationships with new and existing customers
• Ability to describe and sell cover solutions for B2C and B2B
• Ability to maintain a good product knowledge base and provide customers with a positive experience
• Generating customer quotations and inputting new work orders
• Following up and closing orders
• Working as part of a fast-paced environment and assisting existing sales team with calls and orders
• Liaise effectively with Sales Team, Admin, Production Manager and Team Leaders.

Ideal Candidate will possess the following skills and qualities:

• Ability to align with and be part of the company’s vision and values
• Highly motivated with a flexible approach to learn new products and sales processes
• Good numeracy skills
• Ability to visualise and interpret customer concepts and drawings
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Results orientated with a drive for targets
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Organised and able to prioritise work
• Computer literate

Additions

• Previous sales experience desirable.
• Ability to learn and put into practice technical product knowledge.
• Have an ability to measure products for covers at the company base.

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Qualifications

• GCSE’s including English and Maths are essential.
• A-Levels desirable.

Culture & Benefits

Cunningham are built on team values and we welcome anyone with the drive and determination to develop a career in the bespoke manufacturing industry. There is scope for role progression with the company through increased variation of skills.

We are looking for individuals with a passion for the customer experience and selling! If this is you, apply today.

What we offer you:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Death in service benefit up to £50,000
• Extensive and continuous training and development
• Annual pay rises as skills increase
• Company health insurance
• Company pensions contributions
• Job security
• Clean, friendly working environment
• In-house job opportunities
• 32 days guaranteed holidays per year
• Variety of daily routine
• Onsite canteen facility

Note: If successfully employed, after the probationary period you will automatically be allowed to participate in our ‘Refer a Friend Scheme’. How it works? Once you have referred a candidate and they are successfully employed, you will receive £100. You will receive a further £100 + an extra paid days holiday if they remain employed for more than 6 months.

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Working Hours

• FULL-TIME Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.
• No weekend or shift work

Salary

• Starting salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

To Apply

To apply for this role, complete the application form or send your CV directly to careers@cunninghamcovers.co.uk