Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Up to 25 days' holiday + public +hols

Commission with uncapped earning

Job summary

Webrecruit Ltd is recruiting for a Recruitment Advertising Sales Executive in Exeter. The role is hybrid, with up to three days per week in the Exeter office and a 40-hour work week.

The position offers a base salary of £30,000–£35,000 with a commission scheme, a pension, and up to 25 days of holiday plus public holidays. You will focus on selling recruitment advertising services and growing the customer base through BD and account management.

Qualifications

• Experience selling recruitment advertising or similar services in a target-driven environment.
• Ability to generate new business, handle objections and close sales.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Good commercial awareness and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Sell recruitment advertising services to private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
• Manage the full sales journey from prospecting to closing and delivery.
• Build long-term partnerships and up-sell additional services.
• Develop understanding of Webrecruit's offer to approach organisations effectively.
• Produce quotations and proposals and follow up on enquiries.

Skills

New business development

Cold calling

Relationship building

Sales targets

Tools

Salesforce

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

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.

About You

• 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

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.