Area Sales Executive

Unite Group; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Share save scheme

Enhanced Family Leave

Medicash

EAP

Volunteer day

Discounts

Job summary

Unite Group is seeking an Area Sales Executive to boost sales capability across our student accommodation portfolio. You will work with city and property teams to identify gaps, coach teams through live enquiries, viewings, objections and conversions, and share best practices.

Success is measured by improved team performance and consistent customer experience, not just individual bookings. Join us to shape confident, student-focused outcomes across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sales, sales coaching, performance support or team development.
• Track record of helping others improve, not just personal results.
• Strong commercial judgement; turn data into practical actions.
• Confident giving constructive feedback and adapting approach.
• Strong communication, negotiation and objection-handling skills.
• Collaborative, values-led, trustworthy and customer-focused.

Responsibilities

• Identify where sales performance can improve and translate insight into action.
• Coach colleagues through live enquiries, follow-up, viewings and closing conversations.
• Build confidence via side-by-side support, feedback and role play.
• Ensure disciplined CRM usage, clear pipelines and timely follow-up across properties.
• Support local activity: open days, student fairs, events and digital channels.
• Improve rebooking and retention through resident engagement planning.
• Use performance data and market insights to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Create consistency across teams while adapting to different properties and needs.
• Step into direct sales when needed during peak periods.
• Recognise progress and reinforce strong behaviours.

Skills

Sales experience

Coaching

Performance support

Team development

Data-driven prioritisation

Communication skills

Negotiation

Objection handling

Job description

Area Sales Executive

Team sales capability, consistency and performance

Help every team perform at its best.We are looking for a commercially minded Sales Performance Executive who will improve sales capability and consistency across our student accommodation teams. Rather than focusing only on an individual pipeline, you will work alongside colleagues to strengthen follow-up, viewings, objection handling, rebooking and conversion across multiple properties.

Our sales cycle is human. Behind every enquiry is a student with ambitions, anxieties and choices to make. You will help teams combine pace and commercial focus with care and trust, so every student receives a consistent and confident experience.

Your success will be measured by the improvement you enable across the team, not just the bookings you personally deliver.

Your impact

• Working alongside property and city teams to identify where sales performance can improve and turning insight into practical action.
• Coaching colleagues through live enquiries, follow-up, viewings,objection handling and closing conversations.
• Building confidence and capability through side-by-side support, feedback, role play and sharing good practice.
• Helping teams maintain disciplined CRM usage, clear pipelines and timely follow-up across multiple properties.
• Supporting local activity that creates leads, including open days, student fairs, events and digital channels.
• Improving rebooking and retention activity by helping teams plan and deliver effective resident engagement.
• Using performance data, customer insight and competitor activity to identify gaps, priorities and opportunities.
• Creating consistency across teams while adapting support to different property, market and customer needs.
• Stepping into direct sales activity where needed, particularly during peak periods or where additional support will unlock results.
• Recognising progress, reinforcing strong behaviours and helping teams sustain improvements over time.

Your background

• Proven experience in sales, sales coaching, performance support or team development in a customer-focused environment.
• A track record of helping others improve, not just delivering strong personal results.
• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to turn data and observations into clear, practical actions.
• Confidence giving constructive feedback and adapting your approach to different levels of experience.
• Strong communication, negotiation and objection-handling skills that you can demonstrate and coach.
• A collaborative, values-led approach that builds trust and accountability without taking over.
• A warm, student-focused style that balances commercial outcomes with a positive customer experience.
• The organisation and resilience to support multiple properties through seasonal peaks.
• What good looks like

Teams are more confident, consistent and commercially focused. Enquiries are followed up quickly, viewings convert more effectively, CRM standards improve, and successful approaches are shared rather than held by one person.

Why it's great to work with US!

In this values-led organisation, you will do work that makes a difference, helping to shape welcoming, vibrant communities where students can thrive. Whether this is your first step or your next one, we'll help you build skills, confidence and a career you're proud of.

We believe that everyone thrives when they are able to bring the best version of themselves to work. So, alongside a competitive salary, we've built a culture and a reward package to support you in bringing your full, authentic self to work, including:

• A performance-related bonus paid twice a year
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 extra days
• A generous pension scheme where contributions range between 4% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Life assurance worth 4 times your salary
• Share save scheme giving you access to purchase Unite Group shares at a discounted rate
• Enhanced Family Leave policies
• Medicash (Health Cash Plan)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• One free volunteering day each year
• Retail and hospitality discounts

Alongside these benefits, you'll also have access to learning and development programmes designed to support your growth and career progression.

If you're expecting ordinary, think again. We're US, we're different – and we're proud of it.

How far could you go? Join US and find out.

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