Sales Advisor - Manchester

Sales Advisor

Salary Starting from £32,742

Location South Manchester

Permanent, Full Time

Reporting to the Sales Manager, you will be working for Plumlife Homes, the award winning Sales and Marketing department of Great Places Housing Group. You will effectively market and sell new build, shared ownership and market sale homes for Great Places Housing Group, Cube and other external partners and clients.

• Take responsibility for individual developments and progression of plot sales, in line with required sales targets.
• Working as part of the Plumlife sales team, providing a professional, friendly and efficient service to all clients to ensure a smooth sales process and high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Assess potential buyer’s eligibility, affordability and ensure all documentation is kept on property sales files for any auditing purpose.
• Conduct viewing appointments at sales developments, selling the benefits, explaining the different schemes and purchase options and closing the sale.
• Maintain current and accurate information on all databases to enable performance data to be extracted within required deadlines and within GDPR guidelines. Provide accurate information for statistical returns.
• Liaise with solicitors, IFA’s and valuers to enable sales to be progressed quickly to achieve required deadlines.
• Liaise with the development team and builders on sales matters including programmed handover information, access to properties and provision of legal documents for plot sales.
• 35 hour working week, weekend working will be required.
• Please see attached full role profile at the bottom of this page.

• Full driving license and the use of a car for business purposes (with business-use insurance cover).
• Proven experience in a new homes sales role.
• Experience and knowledge of the conveyancing process from reservation through to completion.
• Knowledge of Shared Ownership as a product, and Homes England procedures & audit requirements.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships both with colleagues and external stakeholders such as solicitors and mortgage advisors.
• Experience of working within a fast-paced environment and delivering to set business targets and objectives.
• Team player but able to work independently and manage own workload/priorities.
• Ability to complete tasks accurately when working under time pressure, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing.
• Experience in a customer focussed environment and commitment to delivering high levels of customer satisfaction.

• A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work
• A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
• A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity
• An ability to work in uncertainty
• To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

• Pension - up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places
• WPA - Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level- option to increase & add on family members
• The Market Place - high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships Cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
• Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days
• Lottery
• Colleague forum groups
• Link to Manchester Credit Union
• Savings Club