Assistant Sales Manager

It’s an exciting time for Park Leisure. We’ve recently bought our 12^th park and there are great plans for the future.

Here at Park Leisure, we’re proud of our values: Teamwork, Honesty, Excellence, Pride and Communication, and always incorporate them into everything we do. We’re, therefore, looking for people who also demonstrate these too…so if you think this is you, then read on!

The park

Situated along the Northumberland coast, and offering spectacular scenery, our award-winning Amble Links Holiday Park provides holiday home owners with a five-star experience, and epitomises our ethos of ‘excellence comes as standard’.

As the biggest park in the Park Leisure family, this really is an exciting opportunity for someone to be a part of, and one that should not be missed. The park itself has undergone significant investment in recent years, and boasts superb facilities.

The role

A fantastic opportunity to work with our brilliant team at Amble, assisting the Sales Manager in leading a small sales team, driving sales, encouraging enthusiasm and helping to create a positive working environment.

You’ll support the Sales Manager in ensuring sales targets are met/exceeded. You’ll be proactive, taking note of trends in the market, as well as searching for opportunities to create and increase sales. You’ll also ensure the sales team are actively advertising and promoting upcoming events.

You’ll assist in developing the team, sharing knowledge and technical expertise, leading by example. You’ll review own sales performance against targets/objectives, always striving to exceed sales targets.

You’ll help the Sales Manager in preparing for sales events, making them a friendly and welcoming experience for customers with the team being courteous and professional at all times. You’ll endeavour to always exceed customer expectations, promoting the facilities and the five-star experience Park Leisure has to offer.

You’ll know your product, having an in-depth knowledge of all our holiday homes, facilities and the various packages the park offers. You’ll also have a thorough knowledge of our sales process and expectations, ensuring paperwork is accurately completed following company procedures, and will close sales efficiently, supporting the team in closing deals when necessary.

About you

You are professional, friendly and courteous. You’re dynamic, self-motivated, innovative, passionate about sales and enjoy meeting/exceeding targets. You’re focused, dedicated, conscientious and trustworthy. You’re a confident communicator, enjoy learning new skills and developing others and enjoy engaging with customers. You’re commercially aware, with an acute awareness of targets and current sales.

Experience

You’ll have significant previous experience in a direct customer facing sales environment and enjoy working towards sales targets. Ideally, you'll have experience of selling holiday home. You'll have previously supervised a team of employees and have experience of developing others. You’ll also be educated to grade C in Maths and English at GCSE level (or equivalent) or above and be adept at using IT applications.

A driving licence is required for this role. You will also need to be aged 21 or above, as you’ll be required to drive company vehicles.

Pay and benefits

The salary is up to £40,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus commission, with OTE being circa £80,000 per annum. Benefits such as pension and holiday are also on offer.

Contract

The contract is based on full time hours, which will be discussed in more detail at interview stage.

Interested?

There has never been such an exciting time to be involved in Park Leisure, so come join us and grow with us!

We review applications throughout the advertising period, therefore, we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the date specified.