Graduate Business Development Executive

This Is Prime Limited; Ledston; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong remuneration

Fast progression

Incentives

Job summary

This Is Prime Limited is expanding its sales team in Leeds. As a Business Development Executive, you will generate new clients and own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close. You’ll cold call, book meetings, and use LinkedIn and personalised emails to engage decision makers.

Success hinges on building relationships, maintaining a healthy pipeline, and hitting targets while updating the CRM system daily.

Qualifications

• Experience in a sales environment or B2B sales is desirable.
• Able to own the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing.
• Strong communication and CRM skills for pipeline management.

Responsibilities

• Generate own clients and own the full sales cycle.
• Cold calling and booking qualified meetings.
• Use LinkedIn and personalised emails for outreach.
• Build relationships and maintain a healthy sales pipeline.
• Engage in consultative conversations with decision makers.
• Work towards targets and keep CRM up to date.

Skills

Sales experience

Full sales cycle

Cold calling

Meeting booking

CRM usage

LinkedIn outreach

Email outreach

Relationship building

Targets / KPIs

Organisation

Tools

CRM software

LinkedIn

Email platforms

Job description

Having provided digital and tech training courses to over 17,000 people in over 1,500 businesess, this company is showing no signs of slowing down! They're one of the market leaders in providing technical training courses and apprenticeships to businesses across the UK.

Founded in 2011, they've recently opened their brand new office in Leeds City Centre office. They already boast an impressive client list that includes; Muller, JD Sports & Lidl but now they're looking for driven salespeople to help grow the business and add to this list!

They're ideally looking for people who already have some exposure to a sales environment and are looking to take on a new role where they can look forward to managing the full sales cycle.

Benefits/What You Get:

• Strong remuneration package - £26,000 base salary with the opportunity to earn commission from day 1.
• Opportunity for quick progression! And the exciting part is, you can see progression in your 1st year, and choose the path right for you.
• Regular incentives for the team, and as it's a new office, they want input and ideas from you.

The Role:

As a Business Development Executive, you will be responsible for generating your own clients and owning and managing the full sales cycle. Typical responsibilities will include:

• Cold calling
• Booking in well qualified meetings for you to attend
• Using creative outreach tools such as LinkedIn and personalised emails
• Building relationships and maintaining a consistent sales pipeline
• Engaging in consultative conversation with decision makers to understand any challenges they may be facing
• Working towards targets and KPI's
• Ensuring that the CRM system is consistently updated

The Ideal Candidate:

• Motivation & Drive specifically to pursue or continue a career in sales.
• Intelligence - as you'll be managing a challenging workload on a daily basis.
• Confidence - a lot of your time will be spent on the phone, to people you haven't spoken to previously!
• Business Acumen - you'll be sniffing out opportunities and will need experience of demonstrating this previously.
• Coachable - you'll be someone who can take direction and is willing to learn!
• Organisation - updating the CRM system consistently will be a key part of your role, organisation and attention to detail is essential.