Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive

Webrecruit; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary 30k-35k per year

Uncapped commission

Pension

Holiday allowance 25 days

Job summary

Webrecruit is seeking a Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive to sell recruitment advertising services across private, public, higher education and not-for-profit sectors.

The role combines business development and account management, with a focus on winning new customers and growing the business.

Qualifications

• Previous experience selling recruitment advertising services in a target-driven sales environment.
• Confidence in cold calling, generating new business, handling objections and closing sales.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Good commercial awareness and organisational skills.
• A motivated, resilient approach and the drive to achieve targets.

Responsibilities

• Sell recruitment advertising services to organisations across multiple sectors.
• Manage entire sales journey from BD to account management to secure repeat business.
• Build relationships with decision makers and upsell recruitment software services where appropriate.
• Keep Salesforce updated with pipeline, quotations and proposals; follow up on inquiries.
• Collaborate with colleagues to meet customer requirements and provide market insights.

Skills

Sales experience

Cold calling

Communication

Commercial awareness

Resilience/tenacity

Job description

Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive

Hybrid working, up to 3 days per week in the Exeter office

About Us

Webrecruit helps organisations across the UK attract and recruit talent through a combination of recruitment advertising services, applicant tracking technology and careers site solutions. Working with organisations across the private, public, higher education and not-for-profit sectors, we combine recruitment advertising expertise with technology to help employers improve how they attract and manage candidates.

As we continue to grow, we are now looking for a Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive to join us on a permanent, full-time basis, working 40 hours per week and add depth and expertise to our team.

The Benefits

• £30,000 - £35,000 base salary
• Commission scheme with uncapped earning potential
• Pension scheme
• Up to 25 days' holiday + public holidays

If you are an exceptional recruitment advertising sales professional ready for your next challenge, this is the role you've been waiting for. We're ready to grow our business and we need your BD skills to help us achieve our goals.

With solutions incorporating the latest thinking in recruitment advertising and technology, you'll have plenty to offer customers and more ways to achieve sales success.

What’s more, with uncapped commission, there's no limit to what you could earn on top of your salary. The more business you bring in, the greater your rewards, giving you plenty of motivation to aim high and enjoy the results of your success.

The Role

As our Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive, you'll focus on selling our recruitment advertising services to organisations across the private, public, higher education and not-for-profit sectors, winning new customers and growing our business.

Combining business development with account management, you’ll manage and deliver the entire sales journey, ensuring great client experiences to leave the door open for repeat business.

After developing a comprehensive understanding of our offer, you’ll use this knowledge to approach organisations, engage with decision makers and create fruitful conversations about how we can help them achieve their recruitment targets.

And this role isn’t just light-touch sales, you’ll be building relationships and forging the ties that underpin successful long-term partnerships and real trust. You’ll even up-sell our other services, branching out into recruitment software sales opportunities for our ATS and careers site builds in collaboration with our Development Team.

Additionally, you will:

• Manage your sales pipeline and customer information through Salesforce
• Produce quotations and proposals and follow-up on enquiries
• Achieve activity, conversion and revenue targets
• Collaborate with colleagues to support customer requirements
• Share customer feedback and market insights to support the wider business

About You

To be considered as our Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive, you will need:

• Previous experience selling recruitment advertising services in a target-driven sales environment
• Confidence in cold calling, generating new business, handling objections and closing sales
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Good commercial awareness and organisational skills
• A motivated, resilient approach and the drive to achieve targets

Other organisations may call this role Advertising Sales Executive, Recruitment Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, BDE, Advertising Sales Executive, B2B Sales Executive, New Business Sales Executive, Sales Account Manager, Account Executive, or Account Manager.

Webrecruit is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We believe that an inclusive working environment helps our people and our business succeed.

If you’re a motivated sales professional who enjoys winning new business, building lasting customer relationships and developing your own portfolio of clients, we’d love to hear from you.