Remote Outbound Sales Executive

Vitality; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurance provider in the UK seeks a Direct Sales Executive to engage with potential customers and generate warm leads. You will assess needs and collaborate with the sales team to ensure smooth transitions. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, resilience, and a proactive attitude. In return, you'll enjoy competitive benefits, including a pension scheme, health insurance, and opportunities for career growth. Join a dynamic team that values diversity and inclusivity.

Benefits

Up to 12% pension

Free healthy breakfast and lunch

Life assurance four times your salary

Personal Health Fund

Qualifications

• Good communication and the ability to adapt your communication style.
• The ability to maintain a positive, pro‑active manner.
• Passion for quality and the highest standards of service.

Responsibilities

• Generate warm leads by engaging with interested individuals.
• Assess potential customers’ needs and provide detailed information.
• Collaborate with the sales team to transition qualified leads.

Skills

Effective communication

Resilience

Relationship building

Job description

Team Direct to Consumer

Working Pattern - 35 hours Monday-Thursday 09:00-19:30 Friday 09:00-17:30 Saturday 10:00-13:45

Suitable candidates must live over 50 miles from our Stockport office SK26NG

Top 3 skills needed for this role

• Effective communication – building rapport and trust with customers is essential
• Resilience and adaptability – the ability to bounce back from setbacks and embrace fast‑paced change
• Relationship building – establishing and maintaining strong relationships with potential customers

What will you do as a Direct Sales Executive

As a Warm Lead Generator at Vitality you play a crucial role in the company’s sales and customer engagement strategy. You will start by reaching out to individuals who have shown interest in Vitality’s products or services. Through engaging conversations you assess the potential customers’ needs and preferences, providing clear and detailed information. You will collaborate closely with the sales team to ensure a smooth transition of qualified leads, aiming to meet or exceed lead generation and conversion targets.

What do you need to thrive

• Good communication and the ability to adapt your communication style.
• The ability to maintain a positive, pro‑active manner and act as a champion for change, contributing to a great team spirit.
• Passion for quality and the highest standards of service.
• Constantly aiming for progress.
• Bounce back quickly from setbacks.
• Embrace fast‑paced change and go with the flow.
• Always act with integrity.

What will you get in return

• Up to 12% pension – we will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary.
• Free healthy breakfast and lunch when attending the office.
• Life assurance four times your salary.
• Personal Health Fund to pay towards expenses such as optical, dental, health assessments, chronic prescriptions and activity‑tracking device.

So what’s in it for you

• Bonus schemes – rewards you regularly for your performance.
• Our award‑winning Vitality health insurance, with its own set of rewards and benefits.

Benefits and promises

To view the extensive range of benefits we offer please visit our careers page. Fantastic benefits, exciting rewards, and great career opportunities await.

Commitments for successful applicants

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

About You

No specific personal details required – we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

About Us

We’re really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded Top 10 Best Places To Work in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

Vitality is a multi‑award‑winning UK insurance brand here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We’ve been a purpose‑ and values‑driven business from day one, long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared‑value insurance, incentivising people to live healthier, longer lives, which benefits our business and society.

Plus you get to join our 1.7 million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality we are committed to diversity and inclusion – it’s good for our employees, for our business and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. Healthy people also need a healthy environment. For more information please visit our careers page.

Application note

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Required Experience

IC

Key Skills

Bidding, Intelligence, Accounts Handling, Apache, Cost Estimation, Employee Benefits

Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1