An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual who would like to join a progressing company. This role is based within an established Sales department; therefore, a strong team player attitude is essential.
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
- Minimum GCSE Grade 5 (old grade C) or higher in Maths & English
- Essential knowledge of Microsoft packages (Outlook, Word, Excel) required
Key Competencies
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Professional personal presentation
- Willingness to be flexible
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Attention to detail
- Sales experience essential
- Experience of working in a busy Sales department is essential
Summary of Job:
- To undertake Sales Estimator role as priority, providing cover for permanent Sales Order Processor, as and when required
- Sales Estimator role – to assist with the compilation of email enquiries and preparation of standard equipment quotations
- To assist with customer feedback; follow up of telephone enquiries and follow up of export enquires
- To assist with meeting sales targets, whilst maximising both customer satisfaction and profitability
- To ensure the ongoing continuous improvement of sales by developing and maintaining good working relationships with clients and agents
- Sales Order Processor role – Refer to JS/28 – work relating to this Job Specification should take precedence in the absence of the full time Sales Order Processor
Staff relationship:
- Directly responsible to the Sales Manger
- Liaises externally with clients, agents, suppliers and sub-contractors
- Liaises internally with all departments, i.e. Purchasing, Engineering, Production, Quality, Accounts
Duties and responsibilities:
- Shall be fully committed to the achievement of company policies and objectives with special respect to quality and safety
- Checking with senior sales department personnel that email enquiries are within BFE’s scope of supply prior to printing, compiling and declining, where appropriate
- To compile email enquiries, including relevant enquiry specifications, etc.
- To send off bid acknowledgements, where appropriate
- To progress enquiries that are with sub-vendors and those awaiting information from the client
- To give appropriate feedback to the Sales Manager, regarding price, delivery, etc
- To prepare quotations for Barton Firtop standard equipment, quoting customers both verbally and by email, as appropriate
- To prepare quotations for ‘bough out’ equipment, using sub-vendor quotations as a template
- To take customer queries and enquiries over the telephone
- To build and maintain good working relationships with customers and agents
- To carry out any additional duties (including Reception cover), which may be necessary from time to time, to ensure the smooth running of the sales operation
- Approval of contract reviews for standard equipment, spares files and SPIRs
- To undertake reasonable instructions and tasks from senior personnel, commensurate with the nature of the job and in the best interests of the company
Benefits
- Company bonus
- Company pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Life insurance (death in service)
- 23 days holiday (19 floating days, 4 fixed towards Christmas shutdown) +extra service days +Bank Holidays +Birthday Leave (after 2 full calendar years’ service)
- Training opportunities
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
- Social events organised and funded by the company
- Corporate gym discount
Hours of work
Office hours enable flexi-time working, covering a 37-hour week. Flexible start and finish times are available with core hours which must be covered each day. Monday to Thursday covers an 8-hour shift and Friday covers a 5-hour shift. Further details will be given at interview stage.
Company Profile
Barton Firtop Engineering is a competitive designer, manufacturer, and supplier of Strainers, Filters, Separators, Coalescers, and Flame Arresters, predominantly serving the Oil & Gas Industry. We specialise in product design and project management, ensuring on-time delivery of strainer and filtration equipment that meets complex specifications for materials, manufacturing, NDE, documentation, and Quality Control.
Our in-house expertise includes advanced 3D Modelling, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), enabling us to design and certify to ASME VIII, Division 1 and PD5500 pressure vessel codes. We offer both fabricated and highly competitive cast designs.
Barton Firtop operates a custom-built manufacturing plant in Worcestershire (UK), which includes a pipework/vessel fabrication division. Additionally, we wholly own a competitive manufacturing facility in Goa, India, which supplies fully machined and tested cast products sourced from high-quality ISO-approved foundries. Barton Firtop India has been a trusted supplier to worldwide projects via our UK head office for over 20 years.
Please note that Barton Firtop reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any job vacancy if a suitable number of quality applications are received from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible rather than waiting until the published closing date.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,000.00-£29,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
- Performance bonus
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: JS/38
