Careers with Deanta

We are continuously looking to employ highly skilled, talented individuals to join our team.

If you have energy and passion and would like to further your career with the UK’s fastest growing door company we’d love to hear from you.

Think were just another door company? Think again.

As one of Europe’s leading internal door manufacturers, we deliver outstanding quality and original design throughout the UK.

We believe that delivering an outstanding service starts with our people. Deanta is a rapidly growing business and at the core of that is talented people in all areas of our business.

We are proud to provide an encouraging working environment where colleagues are enabled to flourish within their professional field whilst observing how they are adding continued value to our business.

We are proud to provide an encouraging working environment where colleagues are enabled to flourish within their professional field whilst observing how they are adding continued value to our business.

Delivery Driver

Job Title: Delivery Driver

Job Purpose: To load, deliver and collect goods on a daily basis within the UK to customers on time, in a safe manner and in a satisfactory condition.

Responsibilities:

• Completion of all vehicle checks before vehicle is driven using the online App / paper check-sheet
• Load security (strapping of loads)
• Complete prompt and correct deliveries with the use of delivery notes / Merlin app (obtaining signatures)
• Complete prompt and correct collections with the use of the collection notes / Merlin App (obtaining signatures)
• Maintain good customer relations by being courteous and helpful at all times
• Ensure customer receives excellent customer service
• All vehicles must be kept clean and tidy at all times

Skills and Experience Required:

• Full EU Driving License for 3 + Years
• More than two years’ experience in a similar role required
• No more than 3 Points on Driving License
• No Disqualifications in the last 5 Years
• Must have good communication skills
• Must be punctual
• Heavy Lifting involved within this role.
• Strapping of loads
• Pulling curtains and making load safe for transportation.

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Customer focused and commercially minded
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• Enjoy driving

Report to: Transport Manager

Warehouse Operative

Job Title: Warehouse Operative

Job Purpose: To assist in the overall production and despatch of customer’s orders.

Reports to: Warehouse Manager

Responsibilities

• Taking delivery of goods and supplies
• Checking for damaged or missing items
• Storing goods
• Moving stock around by hand, using lifting gear or a forklift truck may also be required
• Picking and packing orders
• Loading goods for dispatch (some jobs include delivering)
• Keeping records of stock
• Keeping paperwork up to date
• Cleaning work areas

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proven work experience as a warehouse operative
• The ability to plan and organise
• A calm, level-headed approach
• Extremely motivated
• Heavy lifting and manual handling
• Counterbalance forklift licence desirable not essential
• IPAF 3a licence desirable but not essential
• Multidirectional side loading forklift experience desirable
• Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• A good level of general education, in particular able to demonstrate numeracy and literacy
• Skills
• Strong attention to detail

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• Looking to learn, develop and progress in the workplace

Warehouse Operative / HGV Driver

Job Title: Warehouse Operative/HGV Driver

This role is predominantly for Warehouse work based at our Ely site with the occasional HGV driving across England and Scotland.

You will need to hold a current class 1 or 2 HGV Licence with at least 2 years’ experience.

Job Purpose: To assist in the overall production and despatch of customer’s orders.

Reports to: Warehouse Manager

Responsibilities

• Taking delivery of goods and supplies
• Checking for damaged or missing items
• Storing goods
• Moving stock around by hand, using lifting gear or a forklift truck may also be required
• Picking and packing orders
• Loading goods for dispatch (some jobs include delivering)
• Keeping records of stock
• Driving HGV to deliver bulky products to customers
• Keeping paperwork up to date
• Cleaning work areas

Skills and Experience Required:

• Hold a current Class 1 or Class 2 HGV licence
• 2 years’ experience driving HGV
• Proven work experience as a warehouse operative
• The ability to plan and organise
• A calm, level-headed approach
• Extremely motivated
• Heavy lifting and manual handling
• Counterbalance forklift licence desirable not essential
• IPAF 3a licence desirable but not essential
• Multidirectional side loading forklift experience desirable
• Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• Deliver excellent customer service
• A good level of general education, in particular able to demonstrate numeracy and literacy skills
• Strong attention to detail

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• Looking to learn, develop and progress in the workplace

Area Sales Manager – Scotland Area

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Scotland Area

Job Purpose:

Working outside the office environment to maximise sales of the Deanta product range. Develop sales strategies to generate leads, attract new clients and close sales to achieve weekly quotas.

Responsibilities

• Selling a comprehensive range of high-quality interior doors and ancillary products
• Selling to specialist door retailers
• Dealing with independent merchants and managing/expanding those accounts
• Liaise with internal team regarding account management of existing clients
• Approximately 50/50 split of time spent generating new business relationships and managing and expanding existing accounts
• Organising your own diary and visits in order to develop relationships with merchants
• Liaising with internal support staff and marketing team to maximise sales within your territory
• Achieving monthly set KPIs

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proven track record of field-based sales within the construction industry
• Preferable to have a track record of selling to independent merchants and ideally specialist retailers with joinery related products
• Experience building new relationships with independent merchants
• New business hunter mentality (not looking for an account manager)
• Experience of developing long term relationships with clients

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Result orientated, driven and enthusiastic
• Sales focused and commercially minded
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• Passionate about sales

Internal Sales Executive

Job Title: Internal Sales Executive

Job Purpose:

Sales executives purpose is to work closely with the sales rep to approach potential customers with the aim of winning new business. The sales executive works to maintain good relationships with existing customers and gaining repeat business wherever possible.

Responsibilities

• Source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up, outbound calls, emails and Internet queries
• Understand customer needs and requirements
• Route qualified opportunities to the appropriate sales rep for further development and closure
• Close sales and achieve monthly KPI’s
• Research accounts, identify key players and generate interest
• Maintain and expand the database of prospects within your assigned area and update CRM system
• Team with sales rep to build relationships and close deals
• Making sure orders are not sent out if customer is on hold
• Looking after back orders
• Setting up all new clients on Stock Portal, agree prices and ensure T&C’s are signed
• Booking out and arrange delivery of marketing material
• Prepare bespoke quotes
• Update online stockist list
• Deal with a complaint in the correct manor following Company Procedure.
• Fill out and complete Returns application form
• Travel to meet customers will be require on an occasional basis

Skills and Experience Required

• Full UK driving license
• Proven inside sales experience
• Track record of over-achieving KPI’s
• Strong phone presence and experience of busy phone lines
• Proficient with corporate productivity
• Experience working with CRM
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Strong listening and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Customer focused and commercially minded
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic and team focused

Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Job Purpose:

Responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within the Company including book keeping activities, working the purchase ledger, to ensure that records, payments and receipts are correct. The successful candidate would also be responsible for ordering and receipting day to day office supplies.

Responsibilities

• Processing Purchase Ledger invoices and credit cards including USD and EUR transactions
• Ensure an accurate schedule of import VAT payments to suppliers
• Maintain accurate supplier records, reconciling supplier statements on a monthly basis
• Assist in the maintenance of an accurate schedule of direct debit payments for various suppliers.
• Process Monthly supplier payment runs and ad-hoc runs were required
• General Administrative support including answering telephone queries and managing the purchase ledger inbox.
• Maintaining very high internal standards with an eye to constantly improving procedures.
• Posting and receipting purchase orders.
• Ordering and processing of day to day office supplies.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Minimum 1 years’ experience working directly in an accounts function.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Great organisational skills
• Good at working to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Personal Attributes:
• Customer focused and commercially minded
• Meticulous in nature
• A good sense of humour
• Honest and discreet
• Enthusiastic and team focused

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• Commercially minded
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• Driven professionally

Ecommerce Account Specialist

Job Title: Internal Sales Executive

Job Purpose:

To manage the commercial relationship with existing online Customers. The Ecommerce Account Specialist takes on a range of customer -oriented tasks, including handling complaints about a product or service, making sales or providing consumers with information. A key position in this area of growth for the company, maintaining and improving engagement and conversion rates and bolstering our online growth strategy.

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of key ecommerce accounts
• Identify and assess customer ‘s needs to achieve satisfaction
• Build sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication
• Working towards set monthly/annual sales targets and set KPI’s
• Work closely with other departments including Marketing/ Purchasing and Transport to ensure a seamless end to end process maximizing fulfilment of orders
• Provide accurate, valid and complete information by using the right methods/tools
• Keep records of customer interactions, process customer accounts and file documents
• Set up all new customer’s on stock portal
• Prepare Bespoke order quotes
• Put orders on the system and excel (including bespoke and container), allocate and make sure the customer is notified via email
• Continuously update back orders
• Make sure on hold customer orders are not sent out
• Look after proforma customer orders
• Complete all relevant documents for returns of goods and liaise with the customer
• Organize replacements and collections following Company procedures and charging re-delivery charges where required
• Check POD’s
• Book out and arrange delivery of Marketing Material to customer’s
• Set up invoices
• Gather information from New and Existing customer’s for Sale Rep site visits.
• Build Van and Lorry Manifests
• Update stockiest list
• Prepare a weekly stock update for customer’s
• Making sure all picking lists are ready before the cut off time.
• Looking over picking errors
• Handle customer complaints, provide appropriate solutions and alternatives within the time limits, follow up to ensure resolution and at all times ensure to follow Company procedure.

Skills and Experience Required

• Self-motivated and driven
• Proven ecommerce experience or customer support
• Track record of reaching KPI’s
• Strong phone contact handling skills and active listening
• Strong email communication skills
• Familiarity with CRM systems and practices
• customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively

Personal Attributes:

• A good sense of humour
• customer focused and commercially minded
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and listening skills
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic and team focused
• The ability to remain patient at all times