Sales Assistant

Sales Assistant

2026-09-30T00:00:00

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB, CB1 0

Employment Type: Full Time

Application Deadline: 2026-12-30T14:01:04.283

Salary and Benefits

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Sales Assistant - Newmarket (CB8 7ER) - Plumb Centre

About Us

We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves on putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do, and providing opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

In addition to the £26,695 salary, we offer benefits including:

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)


• A generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)


• Potential to earn bonuses


• Enhanced maternity / adoption leave


• Access to a range of online and high street discounts

We promote positive health and wellbeing by offering:

• Free access to healthcare


• YuLife app


• Cycle to Work scheme


• And more!

Responsibilities

• Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing advice and product recommendations


• Responding to customer enquiries via phone and email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitude


• Making outbound phone calls to previous customers to regain their business


• Actively identifying and pursuing opportunities to drive sales within the branch, engaging both new and existing customers


• General warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the system, putting it away, and picking and packing customer orders which involves manual handling of heavy stock such as boilers, radiators, sinks, and toilets

Working Hours

This is a full-time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday mornings on a rota basis 08:00 am - 12:00 pm.

Candidate Requirements

• Plumbing & Heating knowledge is ideal


• Previous Face-to-Face sales and customer service experience


• Warehouse experience


• The ability to deliver outstanding customer service


• Being a team player who is happy to assist in all areas to ensure the smooth running of the branch


• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic


• Comfortable lifting heavy items

We look forward to receiving your application!#ACHS100

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Serving customers on the trade counter by understanding their specific needs and providing advice and product recommendationsResponding to customer enquiries via phone & email promptly and courteously, with a proactive attitudeMaking outbound phone calls to previous customers to regain their businessActively identifying and pursuing opportunities to drive sales within the branch, engaging both new and existing customersGeneral warehouse duties including booking incoming stock onto the system and putting it away and picking and packing customer orders which will involve manual handling heavy stock e.g. boilers, radiators, sinks and toiletsThis is a full time time permanent role working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08.00am - 5.00pm and Saturday mornings on a rota basis 08.00am - 12.00pm.And here's what we'd like you to have:Plumbing & Heating knowledge is idealPrevious Face to Face sales and customer service experienceWarehouse experienceThe ability to deliver outstanding
customer serviceTo be a team player who is happy to assist in all areas to ensure the smooth running of the branchEagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethicTo be comfortable lifting heavy itemsWe look forward to receiving your application!#ACHS100

Salary:£26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Sales Assistant - Newmarket (CB8 7ER) - Plumb CentreSo, who are we? We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do - and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild. Also, did we mention? In addition to the £26,695 salary, there are also benefits on tap - including...Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more! As a Sales Assistant based in our Newmarket branch you'll be responsible for