Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Promïssyi relocated to New Zealand at 22 and began her career in recruitment, working across temporary and contract roles in the generalist market.
Looking to broaden her commercial experience, she moved into property sales and management before taking on a National Key Account role with a leading building industry manufacturer.
It was here that she gained first-hand experience of the building products industry, managing key client relationships, working alongside successful sales representatives and learning what separates a good salesperson from a great one.
Having worked with recruitment agencies throughout her career, Promïssyi had also seen the other side of the industry. Too often, sales roles were being recruited by people who didn’t understand sales, the products, the customers or what it actually takes to succeed in the role.
She saw an opportunity to do things differently.
Returning to recruitment, Promïssyi focused on building a specialisation in Building Industry Sales. She went on to become a top-performing recruiter, set multiple sales records, build and train successful recruitment teams, and develop a strong reputation for identifying high-performing sales talent across the building products sector.
That experience ultimately led to the creation of Winston & White.
“You cannot properly recruit for a sales role if you don’t understand sales.”
Winston & White isn’t a generalist recruitment agency with a building industry division. Building Industry Sales is the entire business.
From Territory Managers, Specification Representatives and Business Development Managers through to State Managers, National Sales Managers and General Managers, we recruit exclusively for sales roles within the building products sector.
Today, Winston & White partners with building product manufacturers, distributors and suppliers across Australia and New Zealand to find the salespeople who can make a real difference to their businesses.
That means looking beyond a résumé, understanding the market, knowing where to find the right people and recognising the difference between someone who interviews well and someone who can actually deliver results.
Based in Sydney and headhunting across Australia and New Zealand, Winston & White was built on a simple belief: you cannot properly recruit for a building industry sales role if you don’t understand the built environment & the building industry sales market.
We know the industry, we understand the role & most importantly, we place candidates we’re genuinely proud of.
We don’t recruit across multiple industries or disciplines. We don’t need to.
Building Industry Sales is what we know.It’s what we do.And it’s all we do.