a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a tradequip manager to join an expanding company based in ashford kent offering a salary per hour as a tradequip manager your duties will include achieving sales targets for all product groups through the application of high productprocess knowledge effective selling skills and customer service levels utilising gas and equipment product pricing authority for sales growth maintaining acceptable margins to achieve sales and profit target negotiate price agreements where appropriate ensuring that the gas within policy guidelines using the full range to supply the products that meet customers needs and identify opportunities for new products business development in line with product policy introduce new products and services in a timely fashion eg profitable servicing repair utilising integrated communications strategy systems to develop a local customer account database maintaining sales revenues identifying opportunities and defending against competitive threats through the identification of customer needs maximise sales opportunities for gases and products utilising all sources of information and promotional tools available to the centre eg distribution of promolog s local promotions mailings and telephone selling continually improving the internal merchandising of the store to maximise customer interest and ensure all local and national campaign material is professionally displayed and promoted opening on line new accounts for customers working to commercial procedures and sell up on all other products eg direct debit maintain full credit control procedures in line with area guidelines where facilities are provided conducting local in store demonstrations to assist sales activity be competent in demonstrating products and processes sold in store managing and maintaining the site to boc and regulatory bodies standards ensuring the site is fully secure both day and night as key holder attending the site as and when required by the emergency services managing and taking responsibility for the control and issue of petty cashbanking procedures cash sale notes and the issuing of credit notes an ideal tradequip manager will hold the following skills and experiences understanding of gases industrial safety and welding products and processes including safety face to face selling and negotiating skills a good knowledge of the business infrastructure how business numbers interact and profit is achieved in a competitive environment for a local retail outlet good communication and listening skills and ability to relate product features and benefits to prospective buyers a good knowledge of various h forklift truck handling competenciescertification physical fitness and manual handling skills to cope with range of different packages selfmotivation is an essential requirement the first stage of the application process is to apply online candidate source ltd is an advertising agency working on behalf of an employment agency by applying for this position you are giving us permission to pass your cv and covering letter to a third party in relation to this specific vacancy a full copy of our privacy policy can be viewed on our website