Internal Sales Executive

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd; Farnley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Internal Technical Sales Executive with a background in the electrical industry to support external customers and grow sales. You will handle enquiries, learn the full product range, advise on selections and work with Field Sales Engineers to maximise branch performance.

The role suits someone with sales administration experience, strong MS Office skills, and knowledge of electrical products.

Qualifications

• Sales administration experience within a Sales Office environment.
• Ideal but not mandatory would be some Electrical industry sector knowledge or experience (or other electrical engineering qualification)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and data entry systems
• Experience in similar sales /customer service environment.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and handle sales and product enquiries.
• Understand and be familiar with the full product range with the ability to offer alternatives and advise on selections.
• Liaise with Field Sales Engineers and other staff to achieve branch objectives and sales performance.
• Generate quotations for customers and assess profitability while maintaining competitiveness.

Skills

Sales administration

Electrical knowledge

Customer service

Commercial awareness

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Internal Technical Sales Executive

Negotiable Salary Package dependent upon experience, Pension, and other benefits.

Our Client has a requirement for an Internal Sales Executive, ideal would be with experience in the Electrical industry to provide sales and technical support to the external customer base, whilst developing and maintaining customer relationships and promoting products and services to maximise sales opportunities.You are most likely to be living in Leeds, Beeston, Pudsey, Morley, Rothwell, Batley, Dewsbury, Headingley, Horsforth, areas of West Yorkshire in order to commute. Ideally you will have knowledge of a wide range of electrical market related products and are likely to have strengths in more than one product area.

As the Internal Sales Executive you will respond to and handle sales and product enquiries. You will be required, with training, to understand and be familiar with the full product range with the ability to offer alternatives if required and advise on the selection of products where possible. You will liaise with Field Sales Engineers and other staff to achieve the branch objectives and sales performance and as is normal in a small team environment engage in other duties. It is also expected that you have commercial ability and awareness to generate quotation for customers and are competent to judge the competitive situation needed to win the order whilst being mindful of profitability.

In order to perform this role successfully you will need technical electrical knowledge, there is flexibility on the qualification if you can illustrate your knowledge, product applications knowledge and commercial awareness. The ideal candidate may already be in a similar role as an internal sales engineer, technical support engineer, an electrical engineer looking to move into a commercial environment with the ability to illustrate good customer and administrative skills, or a graduate engineer with customer experience in a sales environment looking to develop their career in technical sales.

Knowledge and Experience

• Sales administration experience within a Sales Office environment.
• Ideal but not mandatory would be some Electrical industry sector knowledge or experience (or other electrical engineering qualification)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and data entry systems
• Experience in similar sales /customer service environment.