Sales Executive

Bidcorp; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Training and development

Employee benefits

Job summary

Bidfood in Salisbury is seeking a Sales Executive to build strong customer relationships and drive sales across our product range. You will respond to inquiries, process orders, and provide product recommendations.

This role rewards a commercial mindset, excellent communication, and a passion for meeting targets. You’ll join a supportive team with ongoing training and the chance to grow your career within one of the UK’s leading foodservice suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience in sales, telesales, or account management.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confident speaking with customers over the phone.
• Commercial mindset with enthusiasm for targets.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with customers through regular contact.
• Take customer orders and provide product recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to upsell and cross-sell products.
• Help customers discover new products and promotions.
• Analyse buying patterns and identify sales opportunities.
• Deliver excellent customer service on every interaction.
• Work towards individual and team sales targets.
• Provide support and resolve customer enquiries professionally.

Skills

Sales experience

Relationship building

Communication skills

Phone sales

Target driven

Job description

Sales Executive

Location: Salisbury
Salary: £27,750 basic salary + incentives
OTE: Earn up to an additional £12,000 per year through our bonus scheme

Where could your journey take you?

Do you enjoy building relationships, helping customers and achieving results?

At Bidfood, our Sales Executives play a vital role in helping customers grow their businesses while driving sales across our product range. If you're commercially minded, customer-focused and motivated by achieving targets, we'd love to hear from you.

Whether you've worked in sales, telesales, account management or a customer service role where you've developed strong commercial skills, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Make our journey your journey and join a team where your success is recognised and rewarded.

Play an important part in our journey

As a Sales Executive, you'll become a trusted partner to your customers, building strong relationships and helping them get the most from Bidfood's products and services.

Using phone, email and digital channels, you'll identify opportunities to grow sales, recommend products and provide outstanding support that keeps customers coming back.

No two days are the same. One moment you could be helping a customer place an order, the next you'll be identifying opportunities to increase sales, discuss new products or support a customer in growing their business.

What you'll be doing

• Building strong relationships with customers through regular contact
• Taking customer orders and providing product recommendations
• Identifying opportunities to upsell and cross-sell products
• Helping customers discover new products and promotions
• Analysing buying patterns and identifying sales opportunities
• Supporting customers with enquiries and resolving issues professionally
• Working towards individual and team sales targets
• Delivering excellent customer service on every interaction

What we're looking for

• Previous experience in sales, telesales, account management or a customer-facing role
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Confidence speaking with customers over the phone
• A commercial mindset and enthusiasm for achieving targets
• The ability to identify sales opportunities and add value for customers
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• A positive attitude and a genuine passion for customer service

Why join us?

At Bidfood, we know that great businesses are built by great people. That's why we're committed to supporting your development and helping you build a rewarding career.

You'll receive training, ongoing support and opportunities to develop your knowledge, sales skills and career within one of the UK's leading foodservice providers.

In return, you'll enjoy:

• Competitive salary and incentive scheme
• The opportunity to earn additional bonus payments
• Career development and progression opportunities
• A supportive and friendly team environment
• Employee benefits and wellbeing support
• The chance to build a long-term career with a market-leading business