An award-winning plumbers' merchant with 17 branches covering every county in Northern Ireland. Bassetts are known for supplying quality plumbing, heating, bathroom and renewable energy solutions, to the trade and public. A local company with global backing. The company have found the perfect balance between being focused on Northern Ireland while also reaping the benefits of being part of the Saint-Gobain Group, a worldwide company with over 1,000 outlets in the UK and 4,100 worldwide operating from 67 countries with a workforce of 181,000. Bassetts are a people business; our customer’s come to us and stay with us because we have knowledgeable staff that are very much a part of your local community. We are proud that our employees are long-serving and that they can work and develop themselves in our supportive environment.Excellent opportunity to enter the highly sought after renewable energy industry where you will sell high tech equipment and play a key role in the growth and development of the company. The company is an award winning company who specialise in enabling both commercial and domestic customers strive towards a greener future. This position will be based at our new Heating Innovation Centre within our Clady branch.Role:Customer facing consulting / sales / technical advice of plumbing and heating renewable systems to include: heat pumps, boilers, stoves, radiators, underfloor and heat recovery systems.To build on strong relationships with customers, suppliers, house builders / developers, contractors, specifiers, architects, and housing associations.Develop sales through the existing customer base whilst also highlighting, targeting and converting new potential customers.Key agreements with large developers and housing associations.Showroom sales and consultation for bathrooms and stoves.Person:Proven technical / sales background in plumbing, heating / renewable energyStrong technical background within engineering (plumbing, heating, renewables)Specification sales experience and house builder contacts desirableGood communication and customer service skillsExperience of both commercial and domestic plumbing.We are an inclusive employer and keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!We believe that working in a diverse business can be more enjoyable, teams can be more innovative, and make better decisions. We already employ many fantastic people from diverse backgrounds, but we still want to do more.So, we are on a mission to make Saint-Gobain inclusive and accessible to all, with role models for you to look up to and learn from, no matter who you are!The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can’t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.You can find details of our ‘Applicant Data Privacy Notice’ here: https://www.saint-gobain.co.uk/sites/saint-gobain.co.uk/files/2021-03/Saint%20Gobain%20Applicant%20UK%20Ireland%20Data%20Privacy%20Notice%20Mar%202021%20VF.pdf