Sales Coordinator - Homeworking / Work From Home

Job Description Sales Coordinator ResidentialLeicester | Up to £30,000 + Benefits | PermanentAre you confident picking up the phone, starting conversations and turning a cold introduction into a commercial opportunity? Were recruiting a Sales Coordinator to join the Residential Sales team of an established, international manufacturer of premium windows and doors. Based from the company's new Leicester operation, this isn't a traditional sales administration role. We're looking for someone commercially minded, confident and proactive who wants to build relationships, create opportunities and develop a career in sales. The opportunityIn the short to medium term, a major part of your role will be engaging directly with architects and other residential construction professionals across the Midlands. You'll research potential contacts, pick up the phone and start conversations around their current and future residential development pipeline identifying where the company's high-performance window and door solutions could add value. You'll be introducing a product range with a genuine point of difference in the market, combining engineered timber with external aluminium cladding to provide the warmth and aesthetics of timber alongside durability, low maintenance and excellent energy performance. As those initial conversations develop, you'll build relationships, identify projects and create a growing pipeline of opportunities for the Residential Sales team. What you'll be doingProactively contacting architects and prospective customers across the MidlandsResearching the market and identifying residential developments and future project opportunitiesIntroducing the business, its products and what differentiates its solutions from more conventional window systemsBuilding long-term relationships with architects, specifiers and customersQualifying opportunities and developing a strong regional sales pipelineFollowing up enquiries, quotations and bids to help convert opportunities into ordersKeeping CRM and sales forecasting information accurate and up to dateSupporting customers from initial enquiry through quotation and ultimately orderDeveloping your technical knowledge so you can confidently discuss the product range with customersEncouraging customers and prospects to visit the company's showroomProviding useful market and competitor intelligence back into the wider businessWorking closely with colleagues across a national sales team, as well as operational and international support teamsAs your experience develops, you'll gain exposure to more of the commercial sales process, including quotations, value-engineered solutions, negotiation, project commercials and key account development. You don't necessarily need to come from the windows, construction or architectural sectors. What matters more is your attitude and commercial confidence. Is genuinely comfortable making outbound and cold callsCan quickly build rapport with people you've never spoken to beforeCommunicates professionally and has an excellent telephone mannerIs curious and confident asking questions to uncover commercial opportunitiesCan sell a business, product and proposition rather than simply read from a scriptIs organised and disciplined about following up opportunitiesCan think laterally about how to approach prospective customers and open doorsIs comfortable working independently while contributing to a wider national teamHas strong attention to detail and time-management skillsIs commercially aware and motivated by achieving resultsIs comfortable using Microsoft Office and learning CRM/sales systemsPrevious B2B sales, telesales, business development or construction-sector experience would certainly be useful, but potential, confidence and the desire to build a sales career are equally important. This is an opportunity to join a business with a highly differentiated proposition in a market increasingly focused on energy efficiency, sustainability and whole-life building performance. Rather than conventional PVC-U products, the company's premium timber-aluminium solutions combine Scandinavian engineering with impressive thermal performance, durability and sustainability credentials giving you something genuinely interesting to talk to architects about. For someone who demonstrates an ability to develop relationships, create pipeline and win opportunities, there are genuine prospects to progress within the Residential Sales team and build a longer-term career in commercial sales. Salary: Up to £30,000 + BenefitsLocation: LeicesterContract: PermanentIf you're confident on the phone, commercially curious and looking for an opportunity where you can develop into a successful B2B sales professional, we'd be keen to hear from you.