Sales Executive

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Up to 25 days' holiday

Job summary

Webrecruit is seeking a commercially driven Sales Executive to win new business, build lasting relationships and contribute to growth. The role is hybrid with up to 3 days per week in the Exeter office, offering a base salary of £30,000–£35,000 plus commission, a pension, and up to 25 days’ holiday plus public holidays.

You will develop your sales career, manage your own client portfolio, and expand knowledge of recruitment advertising and technology. Uncapped commission rewards high performance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a target-driven sales role, either B2B or B2C.
• 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.
• Experience in recruitment advertising, recruitment technology or B2B services would be advantageous but is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Win new customers and grow sales of our recruitment advertising services.
• Reach out to potential customers through cold calling and prospecting, understand recruitment needs and show how our services help.
• Build relationships, handle objections and convert opportunities into sales.
• Look after existing customers, secure repeat business and identify opportunities to introduce wider recruitment solutions (ATS and careers sites).
• Share customer feedback and market insights with the wider team.
• Build and manage your sales pipeline using Salesforce.
• Prepare quotes and proposals and respond to customer enquiries.
• Work towards agreed sales activity, conversion and revenue targets.
• Work with colleagues to support customers and develop new opportunities.

Skills

Target-driven sales

Cold calling

New business development

Objection handling

Closing sales

Communication skills

Relationship building

Commercial awareness

Organisational skills

Resilience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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 develop our services and grow our customer base, we re looking for a commercially driven Sales Executive to help us win new business, build lasting customer relationships and contribute to our continued growth. The role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, working 40 hours per week.

The Benefits

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

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated sales professional who loves winning new business and building lasting customer relationships to join our growing team.

You’ll have the chance to develop your sales career, build your own customer portfolio and expand your knowledge of recruitment advertising and technology.

What's more, with uncapped commission, your hard work and sales success will be directly rewarded, giving you the potential to significantly boost your earnings.

The Role

As our Sales Executive, you’ll focus on winning new customers and growing sales of our recruitment advertising services.

You’ll reach out to potential customers through cold calling and prospecting, find out about their recruitment needs and show them how our services can help. You’ll build relationships, handle objections and turn new opportunities into sales.

You’ll also look after existing customers, keeping in touch to secure repeat business and identify opportunities to introduce our wider recruitment solutions, including our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and careers sites.

Additionally, you will:

• Build and manage your sales pipeline using Salesforce
• Prepare quotes and proposals and respond to customer enquiries
• Work towards agreed sales activity, conversion and revenue targets
• Work with colleagues to support customers and develop new opportunities
• Share customer feedback and market insights with the wider team

About You

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

• Previous experience in a target-driven sales role, either B2 B or B2 C
• 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

Previous experience in recruitment advertising, recruitment technology or B2 B services would be advantageous but is not essential.

We re particularly interested in people who combine the drive and confidence to win new customers with the interpersonal skills and commercial curiosity needed to develop long‑term relationships.

Other organisations may call this role Business Development Executive, BDE, Advertising Sales Executive, B2 B 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.