London, UK
Showroom and sales assistant
at Marazzi
Marazzi is seeking a showroom and sales assistant to join its team in London.
An exciting opportunity exists for a bright, design based showroom and sales assistant to join Marazzi, one of the worlds largest leading manufacturers of high-end Italian ceramic tiles, from their flagship showroom in the heart of the Clerkenwell’s design community in London.
The ideal candidate will be energetic and customer-focused, able to assist and build excellent working relationships with visiting clients and assist with the specifications of Marazzi products and allocation to the distribution channels, with a broad range of design and technical knowledge. The customers visiting the showroom include architects and interior designers, distributors and consumers and there is an emphasis on support for events for promotion of the product.
This role will be managing the showroom for 70 per cent of the time, assisting in the overall activity of day-to-day business by opening and closing the showroom, welcoming customers and qualifying enquires to ensure the leads are managed through the right channels, whilst maintaining the high standards of presentation. Other showroom activities interacting with suppliers, dealing with customers and preparing samples and organising catering for events.
For the remaining 30 per cent there is an opportunity to be part of a new and exciting hospitality division within the UK sales team , working specifically on projects in this sector and helping driving growth by supporting with lead generation, day-to-day sales, specification support and attendance to events. The customer group will include dealing with hospitality operators, restaurant groups and developers, as well as architects and designers, contractors and procurement companies.
Our ideal candidate will have a can-do, team playing, personable approach; and the role will ideally suit a person with a passion for product, interior design and architecture and the hospitality sector ideally; they will be active and sociable.
This exceptional role offers scope for career development within the external sales team, with opportunity for growth into a more definitive sales focused.
The showroom will be open Monday to Friday 9 am to 5.30 pm, with occasional out of hours events.
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