Sales Executive

Manpower UK Ltd; Chichester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a self-motivated Sales Executive in Chichester. This office-based role involves managing a geographical territory in the UK, maximizing sales opportunities, and developing key accounts. The ideal candidate has experience in B2B telesales, excellent communication skills, and commercial awareness. Competitive salary, discretionary bonus, and additional benefits including pension contribution and annual leave are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

Up to 5% matched pension contribution

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Eyecare vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar commercial environment.
• Delivers to agreed commitments and objectives.
• Highly organized and working to targets.

Responsibilities

• Maximize sales opportunities and manage a large customer portfolio.
• Win new business and maintain existing revenue through telesales.
• Develop relationships with key accounts through proactive contact.

Skills

B2B / Telesales experience

Excellent Communication skills

Self-Motivated

Commercial awareness

Team player

Job description

Manpower are supporting our highly reputable client in their search for a sales executive to join their established team in Chichester. This is an office-based role requiring a self-motivated and resilient individual to take responsibility for a geographical territory in the UK. Strong influencing and persuasive skills are required along with commercial awareness and the ability to cross-sell multiple product lines based on an understanding of the end user application. The ability to close and deliver sales is a paramount requirement.

Working hours are on a two-shift basis (on-site) which rotates weekly, to ensure the best service for our customers. Shift times are:

Week 1: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30
Week 2: Monday to Thursday 09:00 to 17:30. Every Friday 08:00 to 16:30 (Daily breaks are 2 x 15 minutes and 1 x 50 minutes).

Responsibilities

• Potentialise, prioritise and proactively maximise all sales opportunities with an agreed minimum value, dealing with large customer portfolio through B2B activity and key account management
• Win new business and maximise existing revenue streams through high performance telesales and excellent key account management, to build long term profitable relationships
• Effective use of questioning and listening techniques to understand the customer's application requirements, ensuring cross selling and up selling from our clients product range
• Pro-active development of relationships with key accounts, through regular customer contact
• Prepare and follow up sales quotations to customers, prospects and leads; liaising with Key Account Managers for conversion
• Undertake proactive telephone sales initiatives to grow sales; i.e. via telemarketing, cold calling, lapsed accounts with follow up of new prospects and leads
• Operate effectively within current policies and procedures relating to pricing, order entry, lead times and telephone call monitoring programme

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in B2B / Telesales
• Experience in a similar commercial environment
• Excellent Communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Self-Motivated
• Delivers to agreed commitments and objectives
• Highly Organised and working to targets
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic
• Open to change
• Team player
• Experience of OEM markets (desirable)
• Manufacturing knowledge (desirable)
• CRM experience (D365) (desirable)

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• 4x annual salary life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Reward Gateway
• Eyecare vouchers
• UK Sharesave Scheme

Interested? Please forward your CV in the first instance