Sales Representative for France
Role Profile
Reports to: Sales Manager
Location: Glasgow, office based
Frequent trips to France would be expected
Salary: Dependent on experience
Hours: 45 hours per week (8.30am to 6.00pm)
Company Introduction
Trespass is a leading outdoor clothing and equipment brand known for its commitment to performance, quality, and affordability. With over 300 retail stores worldwide and an established web presence in the UK along with exciting opportunities to further expand into Poland, Canada and Germany, Trespass designs gear to suit everyone from casual adventurers to serious outdoor enthusiasts. The brand offers a wide range of products, including waterproof jackets, ski wear, hiking boots, and camping gear — all engineered to withstand the elements while offering comfort and style. Trespass prides itself on innovation and accessibility, making the outdoors open to all.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced and well-organised Sales Representative for France to grow sales in the market by targeting new/key accounts and provide the necessary support to the field sales agents, who are based both here in Scotland and in France. The successful candidate will become the point of contact for colleagues and customers alike, by keeping schedules and providing feedback, documentation and information.
The goal is to facilitate the team’s activities, to maximise their performance, and the solid and long-lasting development of the company.
Could you be who we are looking for?
- Are you customer focused with fluent French and English language skills, both verbal and written?
- Do you have previous successful experience in a business-to-business sales role?
- Are you able to demonstrate a successful track record within a competitive sales environment?
- Are you a dynamic and self-starting individual who can target key accounts and generate new business?
- Are you self-driven with a ‘can do’ attitude?
- Are you a self-starter who is able to use initiative to run projects and tasks on their own without direct supervision?
- Are you proficient with Technology with a high level of IT literacy?
- Are you positive, organised, proactive with excellent problem-solving skills?
- Are you motivated with a willingness to further develop knowledge and experience?
What does a typical day sound like?
- You will be responsible for generating new business and prospects.
- You will be responsible for maintaining existing accounts.
- You will ensure customer retention and be responsible for building strong relationships.
- You will be responsible for setting up and maintaining customer records
- You will support senior management by completing orders and keeping customers informed of delays and delivery dates
- You will dispatch orders, including preparation of any necessary export paperwork
- You will be responsible for handling all customer and agent queries
- You will monitor and organise inventory while effectively tracking new services and products for sale
- You will contribute to overall customer satisfaction by promptly answering emails and handling orders by phone
- You will maintain organised sales records and report month-end goal setting to the senior management team
Requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Fluency in French.
- Experience in a similar role.
Working for Trespass
- You will receive 30 days holiday (increasing to 32 by 2 years’ service) to ensure you keep a healthy work-life balance and have lots of exciting plans in place to look forward to
- Benefit from our corporate discounts for you, your friends and family, making the most of the great outdoors
- Relaxed dress code
- Free parking as there is nothing worse than parking metres and additional costs, meaning…. Buy the coffee!
Are you up for the challenge?
We want like-minded, committed individuals to join us and be part of our continued success so if this sounds like a good fit for you then we welcome you to apply.
Salary information will be determined by experience and fit and decided at point of offer, however, if you have any questions relating to this, please get in touch.