Jobs at STARK

Writes and develops compliant, persuasive bids and tender proposals for public-sector opportunities. Responsibilities include researching requirements, tailoring content, coordinating subject-matter expert input, managing deadlines, proofreading, ensuring compliance, maintaining proposal libraries, conducting competitor research, and preparing presentations. The role collaborates with sales, technical, and operational teams to produce high-quality submissions supporting contracts ranging from £100,000 to over £10 million.

Build and maintain customer relationships, provide product advice, process orders, coordinate deliveries, and support sales and profit targets. The role involves upselling and cross-selling building materials, understanding local market dynamics, developing supplier knowledge, and helping implement strategies for sales growth. Candidates should have building materials or merchant industry knowledge, strong commercial awareness, effective communication skills, and a proven sales background.

Manage the full sales cycle, including lead generation, prospecting, customer onboarding, account retention, upselling, margin improvement, forecasting, and pipeline management. Build customer relationships through visits, demonstrations, and presentations while providing sales reports, feedback, and market insights. The role requires previous sales experience and experience in the builders merchants industry.

Build and maintain relationships with new and lapsed customers, understand their needs, and drive sales through upselling and cross-selling. Prepare quotations, develop pricing, negotiate commercial terms, fulfill orders, improve customer experience, and advise on trading terms, accounts, and credit levels. The role also requires product and supplier knowledge, proactive account development, strong organization, attention to detail, and effective use of IT equipment and telephone communication.