Electrical Products for Business – Branch Manager, Sales

We supply electrical products to businesses of all kinds. Business is good and growing, we are looking to recruit a Branch Manager to join a small dedicated team in a recently opened branch in Rochester.

Our customers are diverse and include builders, appliance repairers, electrical wholesalers, care homes, hotels, holiday parks and all other business sectors in between. With a full range of white goods and brown goods at our disposal (we always carry £15m in company stock). Our transactional web site allows customers to order 24h and Rochester’s own stock will allow regular items to be collected during business hours or supplied quickly by our branch delivery van.

The Manager in a Hughes Trade branch is responsible for developing relationships with existing customers, winning new business, the KPI targets, developing a strong team and helping out around the branch. Its very hands on, leading by example.

Attractive attributes for the role
• Good communicator – happy to talk to businesses at all levels
• Knowledge of electrical goods a benefit, particularly whites
• Driven, a proven track record in sales - the ability to search and gain new business
• Sound managerial experience
• Organised, personable, well presented with a positive can-do attitude
• IT skills (MS Word, MS Excel)
• Driving licence
• Flexible

This is a full time permanent role based at the entrance of Medway City Estate. Specialist training will be provided. Hughes is an equal opportunities employer and holder of investor in people gold award.

Hughes is a large successful electrical retailer with fifty sites across East Anglia and the Midlands. With electrical shops, trade counters and web sites, Hughes is long standing and respected company being one of the largest providers of electrical product rental in the country. Additional information can be found at hughes.co.uk

Applications should be addressed to Dean Porter, Hughes Trade Operations Manager on email via the apply online button or by mail to Hughes Trade, Hall Road Retail Park, Hall Road, Norwich, NR4 6DH by 6th March 2017