Sales Assistant – Trade Counter

Company: RE Recruitment
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Location: Swindon
Job Description:

Trade Counter Sales Assistant Wanted | Join a Growing Builders Merchant with Excellent Career Progression!

Our client, a well-established roofing and building supplies business within the roofing materials and builders merchants sector, based in Kingsditch, Cheltenham, has an exciting new opportunity for a Trade Counter Sales Assistant to join their team on a full-time permanent basis due to continued business growth and increased customer demand.

The successful Trade Counter Sales Assistant should have:

  • Previous experience in a customer-facing sales or trade counter environment
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills
  • Ability to process orders accurately and efficiently
  • Good organisational skills with strong attention to detail
  • A willingness to learn product knowledge and work effectively as part of a team.

In this role, the Trade Counter Sales Assistant will be responsible for:

  • Serving customers at the trade counter and providing a professional, friendly service
  • Processing customer orders via face-to-face interactions, telephone and email
  • Preparing quotations and advising customers on suitable roofing and building products
  • Picking, checking and preparing orders for collection and delivery
  • Assisting with stock control, goods-in checks and maintaining a safe, organised branch environment.

Working Hours:

  • Monday to Friday: 7:00am – 4:30pm
  • 1 in 3 Saturdays: 7:30am – 11:30am
  • 42-hour working week

Our client is offering the successful Trade Counter Sales Assistant a salary of £27,758 per annum (£12.71 per hour) plus an excellent benefits package including:

  • 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
  • Additional paid Christmas shutdown days
  • Company pension scheme from Day 1
  • 3x annual salary death in service benefit
  • Free on-site parking
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities
  • Long-term career progression within a growing business

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Posted: November 9th, 2026