Telesales / Account Manager

Telesales / Account Manager

Location: Byfleet

Salary: £26,000 per yearbasic + excellent commission scheme and incentives (£25k first year est.)

Candidates should have very strong interpersonal skills. Must have excellent communication skills with a very good telephone manner and must also be thoroughly organised.

Candidates must also be motivated and able to work both individually as well as part of a team and able to take initiative and ownership. Sales background may help although not necessary as full training will be given.

PC skills: MS Word, Excel, Outlook and some knowledge of the internet and search engines like Google, Yahoo etc. Other PC skills: PowerPoint and sage although not essential but will be helpful.

Job specification:

Seek new customers through leads and by researching on the internet and other proven avenues.

Cold calling companies and canvassing for business

The successful applicant will also be expected to build their own customer base which is either generated by letters or by calling potential customers and asking them whether they would like to receive prices daily by e-mail.

Negotiating contracts with customers. Sending out prices to customers daily.

Taking ownership of customer accounts and managing relationships. Managing supplier relationships

To work together with the trading team, which involves answering customer enquiries for current prices and in some cases organising deliveries of confirmed orders.

Taking orders over the phone and processing them through the system. Interacting with the finance department for settlement of invoices. Managing credit limits

Interacting with operations to make sure deliveries are handled efficiently and timely

Solving any delivery/order issues queries etc.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU LIVE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THIS LOCATION.

Please note your CV will be reviewed against the vacancy criteria and we will contact you within one week if we wish to progress your application any further.

Copperfield Recruitment Ltd are acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy and are an equal opportunities employer.