Sales Executive

TEMP913442
Sales Executive x 10
East Leeds
£26,000 per year + bonus/commission
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm – 35 hours per week

We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client who are expanding their busy and successful team of Sales Executives. You will join this profitable and exciting company based in East Leeds on a long term temporary basis. Operating within a highly competitive sector of Small to Medium Businesses (SME), the main focus of the role is to ensure that the SME portfolio is successfully retained while achieving set financial targets and bringing on additional cross sell sites. Following up on targeted marketing campaigns and using your initiative to develop new leads, you will be contacting potential customers and converting your leads into new business.

The duties and responsibilities are outlined below;

* Working within the Retention Team and reporting to the Direct Sales Team Manager you will be responsible for the retention of renewal business from direct customers.
* Prospecting of outbound sales, lead generation and cross selling to existing customers
* Contracting a large SME renewals portfolio to ensure financial targets are achieved and required site targets are achieved
* To quote customers predominately using the company pricing systems accurately and within procedures and controls to generate targeted sales throughout the year
* To manage any customer complaints to resolution in accordance with the company complaints procedure.
* To build up a portfolio of customers and to manage the acquired data effectively
* To use own initiative to develop new sales leads using all known marketing techniques with the emphasis on generating additional sales
* Working from a sales script to contract customers over the telephone within agreed rules.
* To ensure motivation is continuously maintained and that KPI’s are focused on to drive quality and improvements in all aspects of the sales process

You will be available immediately and be committed to working on a long term temporary basis. This opportunity has the potential to go permanent for the right candidates therefore the client is looking for commitment and reliability from successful candidates. In terms of skills and experience, you will have experience of direct sales and strong negotiation skills, gained in a targeted environment. With strong verbal communication, a clear telephone manner and great organisation, you’ll be proactive and motivated and will enjoy working within a team environment. This is a fantastic company who are doing extremely well and are very profitable. Hard work, dedication and targets achieved are rewarded by a competitive daily rate, commission on a quarterly basis as well as discretionary sales incentives and prizes. A fantastic opportunity for sales driven candidates!

Due to the amount of response we receive, unfortunately we are not able to give feedback to individuals, if you have not heard back within 7 days please assume that you have not been successful for the role you have applied for.