Internal Sales Executive

Internal Sales Executive
Sector: Tools, consumables and industrial supplies
Location: Mid Devon
Package: Basic Salary: £26,000per yearplus benefits

The Opportunity
This long established South West regional supplier of workplace consumables, tools and industrial supplies is currently seeking the urgent appointment of an internal sales executive to join an existing team in helping to manage accounts, deal with enquiries, take orders and increase sales.

Company Profile
Established in the 1960’s, this well-known industrial supplies company has its head office based in Mid Devon with a further site in Plymouth. With a c£26,000 M group annual turnover and employing over 100 people, they are therefore well located to supply industry across the wider South West region. Now part of a larger group company, there are exciting plans afoot for new growth during the coming years.

The Role
Dealing typically with SME level industrial end-user customers (garages, workshops, engineers, fabricators) you will become the key contact and often first port of call for many of the company’s customers. A full time office based role (Monday to Friday 8am-5pm) you must be able to provide a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable service to client accounts, helping them to make the correct purchases at the best available prices. You shall be expected to up-sell/cross-sell alternative products at the appropriate opportunities and whilst this role shall be predominantly reactive/taking inbound calls initially, there is an expectation that there may be the introduction of a little bit more outbound/pro-active sales activity to generate sales going forward. You shall be working in tandem with a field based sales representative, supporting him with processing of client orders and follow ups. For the right applicant, joining this business at this level could lead to opportunities to become field based within a couple of years.

Do you have the correct profile?
Firstly, you must have an understanding or knowledge of the products involved here. So we welcome applications from those who have worked closely with hand-tools, fastenings, industrial/engineering components or consumables or PPE and the like. This may have been within a merchants/trade counter or parts-sales environment or in a similar office/phone based sales and service role of course (or perhaps even field based previously). You shall also have had some valuable experience of client interaction and customer service. You don’t need to be an established sales person or call-centre polished, as our client can willingly provide you with training and support, but product knowledge and a willingness to take your career in the ‘sales’ direction is important.

The Rewards
Our client provides a competitive basic annual salary (ranging from £26,000based on experience) along with company benefits which include contributory pension scheme, annual leave of 22 days plus bank holidays and on-site parking.

How to apply/Next Steps
If this sounds like your exciting next career move, please simply ensuring that your CV is up to date and reflective of the skills and experience that our client is seeking. Shortlisted applicants can expect to be contacted for an initial telephone interview by a representative of Edge Specialist Recruitment, whereby our client is then able to arrange interviews swiftly for any individuals submitted for consideration.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within three working days maximum. If you do not hear back from us within this period, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful (due to extremely large volumes of online applicant traffic in the current climate we are unfortunately unable to respond to all applications).