Sales & Business Development

HR GO Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Sales & Business Development professional in London to drive sales budgets and develop new business opportunities. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This role offers a competitive salary, pension scheme, and generous leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Fully expensed pool car

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in sales and business development.
• Outstanding track record of delivering sales growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver sales budgets and forecasts.
• Identify new business opportunities and maintain existing accounts.
• Ensure continuous improvement in industry knowledge.

Skills

Sales growth

Customer retention

Strong commercial acumen

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Sales & Business Development

• Developing ownership and delivery of agreed sales budgets and forecasts
• Identify new business opportunities along with the maintenance and development of existing accounts
• Increase company's sales and profitability
• Ensure continuous improvement in level of knowledge and expertise in industry developments and convey this to colleagues
• Demonstrable experience delivering exceptional customer service, sales growth and customer retention.
• Strong commercial acumen and a consultative and honest approach to securing sales.
• Ability to sense industry trends and communicate these to colleagues in the business.

YOUR PROFILE

• Degree qualification or equivalent, minimum 5 years' experience
• Outstanding track record of sales and business development within a technical arena and delivering exceptional customer service, sales growth and customer retention and solid experience of selling technical solutions and services
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, must have the ability to communicate at all levels within an organisation
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Background in the Railway business would be advantageous but not essential
• Full UK driving licence

OUR BENEFITS

• The position will be primarily office based at our premises in Rainham, Essex but may include some customer visits (UK only) where necessary
• To provide a good work/life balance the position will be Monday - Friday, broadly 08:15 till 16:00
• Competitive salary
• Company pension scheme
• The use of a fully expensed pool car when necessary
• 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays (33 days paid leave total)