Outside Rooms Sales Advisor - Murdocks Newry
Job Title: Outside Rooms Retail Sales Person
Reports To: Head of Sales - NI
Location: Murdock’s Builders Merchant – Newry
Hours of Work: 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, Seasonal 9.00am - 12.30pm Saturdays
Love creating amazing outdoor spaces? Join our team and help customers turn their gardens into dream escapes!
Note: In your first few weeks, you’ll do a bit of travel while completing your training.
What you’ll do:
✅ Maximise sales for our Outside Rooms division
✅ Chat with customers, process orders & build lasting relationships
✅ Work with installers & designers to make projects happen
✅ Keep our showroom looking fabulous
✅ Stay ahead of trends & help shape our product range
What you bring:
💡 A passion for sales & customer service
🤝 Great communication skills
🌱 Interest in landscaping (bonus points!)
🔥 Energy, enthusiasm & a proactive attitude
🌟 Why You’ll Love It Here:
31 days annual leave, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
Additional holiday entitlement linked to length of service
Health Care Plan
Life assurance at twice your annual salary
Birthday Half-Day Off – a small way we celebrate you
and so much more!
About the role
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Maximise sales for the Outside Rooms division.
Processing orders and proactively engaging with customers.
Dealing with enquiries and building a pipeline of quotations.
Building a network of installers, cultivating a close and helpful working relationship to grow a repeat business stream.
Assist and guide customers in their paving and walling choices to ensure the optimum, landscaping solution is achieved for the customer.
Ensure the Outside Rooms Centre is maintained to a high standard, by merchandising and replenishing literature and samples.
Responsible for the day to day running of the Outside Rooms branch including opening and closing of premises.
Work closely with colleagues in the Outside Rooms team including Landscape Designers and the Marketing department to identify projects of interest and marketing opportunities.
Build relationships with internal colleagues in the wider AG family & Murdock’s Builders Merchant to ensure processes operate smoothly.
Liaise with both, existing AG recommended installers and new paving installers, to build and cultivate close working relationships.
Keep up to date with industry trends and be part of the development of our product range by identifying new products suitable for the market.
Take responsibility for personal development and actively seek opportunities to better yourself as part of a dynamic team.
Any other duties as required by Senior Management and the Directors of the Company, commensurate with the role and within capabilities.
Embody the company culture of exemplary customer service in your everyday performance, providing a professional yet personal customer experience.
Endorse our market leading landscaping products by showing how they will enhance the customer’s lifestyle and outside living space
What you will need
Required criteria
- 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) at Grade C or above including Maths and English
- Previous sales experience in a retail or showroom environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and other software packages.
- Valid driving licence with the ability to travel to and from work areas as and when required.
- An excellent communicator, who is friendly, polite, and very engaging.
- Proven ability to be proactive
- Effective in building and maintaining good customers relations with a wide range of people, both internally and externally.
- Self-motivated with a positive attitude, with a proven desire to learn.
- Ability to prioritise and multi task a seasonal workload.
- Exceptional all-round administrative skills, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Flexibility to work summertime hours as and when required.
- Can travel to and from work areas as and when required.
- Flexibility to work on Saturdays during the summer months.
- Medically fit and healthy for the requirements of the role which may include some physical aspects such as manual handling and lifting.
Desired criteria
- Third level qualification in a Business related field
- Knowledge of landscape design
- Experience in the tiling sector/construction industry and/or building products knowledge
- Experience of calculating areas of design for order quantification.
- Ability to take ownership of their own environment and seek help when needed.
AG Paving and Building Products
Established 65 years ago AG Paving and Building Products Limited is a renowned and respected designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of best in class walling, paving and facing brick for the commercial and domestic markets across the UK and Ireland. In Britain our products are sold through Builders Merchants, whilst in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland we sell through our own wholly-owned outlets as well as a number of other carefully chosen retail partners and Builders Merchants.
Since our establishment 65 years ago at AG Paving and Building Products Limited, we have sought to provide opportunities for our team to build careers – rather than just hold down a job. Our people matter to us. We care about their wellbeing and we want to see them become the very best they can be. We are delighted that many of our employees have been with us for considerable periods and, as a result of their commitment and our support, many have moved through the ranks to management level and beyond.
Our benefits
We provide tailored personal development plans and hands-on support from experienced mentors to ensure our team members can flourish in whatever part of the business they are employed. Within modern day construction there are fantastic opportunities for those with backgrounds in technology, engineering, marketing and sales as well as traditional manufacturing skills.
Health insurance
Vacation, Paid time off
Performance bonuses
Retirement plan and/or pension
Employee development programs
Employee discounts
Free parking
Cycle to work
Referral bonus
Open office
Competitive salary
Life insurance
Long service recognition
Employee Assistance Scheme
Perks Card
Wellbeing Scheme
Work With Charities
Social Opportunities
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