Position: Sales Specalist
Open to: Sales Consultants, Sales Negotiators, Market Researchers and Estate Agents
Region: South West region covering Gloucestershire, Bristol and North Somerset
About us: 5* and leading Housing Association with an excellent pipeline of work across the Western region covering Gloucestershire, Bristol and North Somerset
Salary: Competitive base salary and car allowance and excellent (and extensive) choice of company benefits - industry leading including 27 days holiday; flexible working (office 2 days a week); cycle to work scheme and other benefits; and employer contribution of up to 10%).
Working arrangements: Flexible working arrangements on offer between home, office and sites (3:2)
Sales Specalist/Sales and Market Researcher – What makes this role stand out:
- Working for a leading Housing Association which is culturally and morally focused.
- Excellent working culture and thriving office environment.
- Growing regional team and land, sales and marketing departments – (New Business teams).
- Offering career progression as the region and the Land, Sales and Marketing departments grow (New Business teams).
- Offering job security and financially robust.
- Excellent pipeline of work across the Western region covering Gloucestershire, Bristol and North Somerset.
- Flexible working on offer between home, office and sites.
- Industry leading employee and rewards package including 27 days holiday; flexible working (office 2-3 days a week); cycle to work scheme and other benefits; and employer contribution of up to 10%).
**Immediately available**
Sales Specalist/Sales and Market Researcher – Job purpose:
We believe it is our customer’s basic right to have a safe, secure and warm home. We will not compromise on ensuring our homes are all of this and more. We want to provide homes that customers are proud to live in, that work for them and their families and are the springboard they need to achieve their aspirations – not a barrier. The Sales Specalist/Sales and Market Researcher role is key within the New Business and Sales and Marketing departments. Reporting to the Head of Land and New Business, this role will be responsible for assessing new opportunities for the New Business Teams to support the purchase of land, package transactions and S106 properties as well as providing continued support to the sales team to support the onward selling of properties through market insight and analysis. Our Sales and Market Researcher should support our strategy to deliver homes that enable our customers to thrive.
Sales Specalist/Sales and Market Researcher – About you:
- Previous experience within the housing market and pricing homes ideally in new homes, land acquisition or market research.
- Experience of working in the new homes and sales industry, with a good professional network.
- Ability to review competitor planning applications.
- Experience of preparing and presenting market research (reviews of areas showing competitor/planning activity).
- Awareness of political influences impacting on future development.
- Basic understanding of the planning process (i.e. Reviewing local plans/allocations) and land buying process.
- Support our board reporting with regards competitor activity, market intel/trends, site reviews etc.
- Experience in report writing and providing data analysis.
- Analytical skills – ability to interpret large amounts of data.
- Flexible approach to work, with the ability to deliver results in a target driven area of the business.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to build strong working relationships (internal and external).
- Excellent knowledge of statistical and house price monitoring databases.
- Experience working with web analytics, business research tools and MS Office.
- A flexible working attitude with time, travel and demonstrated reliability.
- Customer focussed.
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
Sales Specalist/Sales and Market Researcher – What about the benefits package?
- Competitive base salary and car allowance
- Company bonus scheme
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Flexible working between home and office (3:2)
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- Life insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Excellent choice of employee benefits
- Extensive choice of company benefits
For further information about the opportunity, please contact Jamie Ttophi on 07961417881 or at jamiettophi@crestrecruitment.com