Branch Assistant
FSW Ltd
Branch Assistant
Salary Not Specified
FSW Ltd, Bedford Place, City of Southampton
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 7 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 256de05fe33245a48854fb3d56282475
Full Job Description
- Keeping up to date with all company products, training, sales initiatives, and promotions in order to effectively pass this information onto the customer.
- Developing detailed knowledge and understanding of the FSW product portfolio to be able to confidently advise the customer of the best product to meet their requirements.
- Accurately processing/picking order requests for all stock items ready for customer collection and/or ensure stock is loaded onto vehicles to ensure the product(s) is delivered on time.
- Building excellent working relationships, liaising professionally with colleagues, customers, and suppliers in person, by telephone and by email.
- Ensuring all customer requests, orders, and complaints are dealt with in an effective, accurate and timely manner to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Preparing the branch trade counter and customer area to ensure the area is fully stocked, clean and tidy and presents the products in an effective way.
- Serving the customers at the trade counter in line with company requirements and standards.
- Raising sales quotations for the customer at the most competitive price from preferred suppliers and providing the necessary follow up call to complete the order.
- Effectively sourcing and ordering non-stocked items from other branches within the FSW Ltd Group or via the Purchasing Department.
- Ensuring stock levels are maintained to the prescribed levels for the branch and ensuring that the stock inventory is always correct. Actively participate in stock take activities throughout the year.
- Ensuring all returned products (including those under warranty) are dealt with promptly and in line with the warrant returns policy.
- Ensuring all branch administration e.g., filing, customer and Health and Safety records are kept in an ordered way and in line with company guidelines.
- Always maintaining a clean and safe environment, complying with all health and safety requirements including, but not limited to, wearing PPE at all times (PPE is provided).
- Undertaking driver duties for the branch as requested. Therefore, a full UK driving licence is a requirement of this role.
- Whilst on driving duties, complying with health and safety requirements, ensuring your vehicle is loaded safely, is roadworthy before every journey through daily vehicle checks, reporting all vehicle defects to the Line Manager as appropriate for your branch and completing trip logs.
- Driving safely, following all laws and rules of driving to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
- Ensuring vehicles are kept clean and tidy.
- Keeping accurate records of deliveries and customer authorisation and ensuring all documentation is submitted to management on time.
The successful candidate will be required to participate in the Company Out of Hours Standby Service on a rostered basis, which includes cover over Bank and Statutory Days Holiday.
Having a good standard of education including maths and English, a good telephone manner and proven experience of working within a similar environment you will have a professional, first-class customer first approach with the ability to confidently work both well in a team and also using your own initiative. You will need to be able to multitask (picking stock, taking phone calls, replying to emails) and be able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
FSW Ltd is one of the UK's leading refrigeration and air conditioning wholesalers. Having celebrated our 50-year anniversary in 2015, we have 27 sites throughout the UK and Ireland and are continuing to grow.