Inbound Sales Consultant at Playground Equipment Manufacturer 

Location – Burscough, Lancashire 

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30 am till 5pm 

This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated person who is looking for reward, recognition and genuine long term career development. 

AMV Playgrounds have been trading for 35 years. As part of the Bailey Street Furniture Group, they are one the UK’S leading outdoor sports & playground equipment manufacturers, working directly with schools and local authorities across the UK.  

Based at our Burscough office and reporting directly to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing inbound sales enquiries and supporting customers through all stages of the sales process, whilst co-ordinating closely with other members of the sales team. You will already be an experienced sales professional with a strong work ethic and looking for your next step on your career path. 

Personal Qualities 

• Integrity, honesty, a passion for winning 
• A friendly, high energy, positive attitude in all aspects of work 
• Extremely confident and professional communicator on the telephone 
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced target driven office environment as part of a team 
• Calm under pressure, relishes challenges and solving problems to achieve success 

Skills & Experience  

• Ability to quickly build strong rapport and trust with customers via telephone and email 
• Can demonstrate a wide range of sales related questioning techniques  
• Well-developed listening skills are essential 
• A skilful sales negotiator and closer, able to achieve results without being pushy  
• An experienced user of CRM systems 
• A competent all-rounder in terms of IT skills  
• Excellent organisation and time management skills, able to work to deadlines 
• Able to work closely within a team, but also independently  
• Confident in basic numeracy and calculations for pricing quotations 
• Knowledge of playground or street furniture/shelters industry advantageous but not essential 

Key tasks include but are not limited to the following:  

• It is your responsibility to give a professional and lasting first impression to all prospective customers who contact the business  
• Being first responder to inbound sales enquiries via a variety of channels (phone calls / web form sign ups / emails received) 
• Strictly following company scripts and questions in order to assess and qualify initial enquiries 
• Input info on CRM system for the tracking of sales enquiries, quotations and customer feedback comments in order to help secure an order.  
• Provide assistance in booking in face-to-face appointments where required for our field-based sales reps 
• Acquire a detailed knowledge of the products & services offered by AMV and keep up to date with new product launches and developments 

Package  

Competitive Salary  

23 days holidays per annum plus BH  

Company Pension  

Onsite parking  

Opportunity for long term career progression within a large group structure of companies