FRS Recruitment are now inviting applications for the role of ‘Fencing Sales & Yard Operative’.
This is a fulltime permanent role based in Cavan.
Job Summary:
The Fencing Sales & Yard Operative is responsible for supporting the smooth day-to-day running of the Fencing store and yard, while delivering a professional and helpful service to retail, trade and contract fencing customers. The role involves preparing and dispatching orders, maintaining accurate stock records, assisting with customer enquiries and sales, and working closely with the wider Fencing team to ensure products and materials are available when required. This is a practical, customer-facing role that combines yard operations, stock control and sales support to help grow and maintain the Fencing’s retail and contract businesses.
Main Responsibilities & Activities
- Stores Role: Day-to-day store duties
- Sales Role: Dealing with retail and trade customers who visit the Store. Dealing with teams and Customers in relation to the contract and retail fencing businesses.
- Stock System Maintenance Role: Ensuring that stock control duties and relevant information is kept up to date and live on our database.
- Team Role: Be part of an efficient & cohesive contract fencing and retail team.
- Working Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm generally.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Retail Sales Duties
- Deal with all customer enquiries in a professional and courteous manner to grow sales.
- Actively listen to understand the customers’ needs and provide advice on best products / fencing solutions to meet their needs.
- Liaise with the Central Purchasing team on orders to ensure quality, price and lead time.
- Creation of computerised purchase orders for retail stock and for contract fencing.
- Receipt in, update and maintain the Stock system.
- Co-ordinate shipment and logistics for the smooth and timely delivery of goods.
- Issue sales documents and invoices for all stock dispatches.
- Handling customer payments and bank lodgments.
- General admin to support sales, customer service and finance activities.
Yard Duties:
- Unloading, checking, and storing all deliveries arriving into stock.
- Preparing, loading, and dispatching orders to customers.
- Maintain the store and yard in a safe and proper condition.
- Record all transactions on the IT stock control system.
- Completion of regular stock takes and reconciling balances to the stock system.
Contract Work
- Order and coordinate stock requirements for teams working on site.
- Recording Job cards on Stock/Accounts system.
- When experienced take on Site Visits and price Contract work.
Key Skills & Competencies
Required
- Experience- 1 or more years’ in retail / stores type work.
- Communication- Good to excellent verbal and all-round communication skills.
- Work Ethic- Team player with an eagerness to work hard and take on new challenges.
- Personality- Sociable & friendly personality that likes helping people.
- Numeracy – Mathematical ability to support sales and accounts.
- IT- Experience with billing systems, stock management systems or excel preferred but training will be provided.
- Driving- Full clean driving license required.
Beneficial
- Education/Qualifications- Level 7 Business/Agri Business Qualification is a bonus.
- Machinery- forklift and teleporter experience advantageous.
- Agri/Construction Knowledge- One or more years’ experience in construction work or agribusiness would be beneficial.
Apply:
- Upload CV using link attached
- Contact Bonnie 086 103 8534
