Sales Executive

Sales Executive

Burgess Hill, £30-£37K (DOE), performance related commission, 40 hours Monday to Friday, 8am - 5pm, opportunity for term time only or reduced hours in school holidays, 28 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, gift vouchers, sick pay, parking onsite

The Role

Our client is a family run business with an excellent reputation within their industry. They are seeking a skilled Sales Executive with a talent for building relationships, driving account growth and securing new business. The role will involve the selling and overseeing of furniture products within the education sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Make 40 dials a day, split between follow-up and proactive calls
• Arrange multiple appointments for the Sales Manager and identify potential leads
• Follow up on quotes within 24 hours and follow up until closed
• Analyse leads, make outbound sales calls, maintain an up-to-date pipeline
• Prioritise proactive tasks and complete reactive tasks outside core calling times
• Assist customer services with incoming enquiries
• Request special costings and arrange samples for clients
• Support the sales and wider team as needed
• Potential for managing projects if required

Requirements:

• Strong sales background
• Knowledge of using Office 365 - Outlook, Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Experience of selling to the Education sector would be useful
• Experience of Sage 50 and Pipedrive CRM would be advantageous though full training can be given

The successful candidate will have be a positive and proactive individual with a "can do" attitude. You will be confident and approachable, possess a hardworking and conscious attitude and be driven by success. It is essential that you have strong commercial awareness and demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Company Information

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a very friendly family run company who put their staff at the heart of the business. Their product and services are of the highest standard resulting in an excellent reputation within their industry.

Based in central Burgess Hill the company trade out of a purpose built site offering plenty of free parking for staff, smart offices and warehouse onsite.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a great company where staff turnover is exceptionally low. Due to the nature of their business the working hours can be term time only or there could be the opportunity to take unpaid leave in the school holidays subject to the needs of the company.

Package

Burgess Hill

£30-£37K (DOE)

Performance related commission

40 hours Monday to Friday

8am - 5pm

Opportunity for term time only or reduced hours in school holidays

28 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Pension

Gift vouchers

Sick pay

Parking onsite

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