Sales Executive – Southampton Airport

Recruitment Avenue; Southampton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading car rental company seeks a motivated Sales Executive at Southampton Airport. You will be tasked with selling and upgrading car rentals to holidaymakers and local businesses. The ideal candidate possesses strong sales and customer service skills, with a track record of achieving sales targets. This role offers a salary of £21,840 plus potential earnings of £26k OTE.

Responsibilities

• Offer and convince clients to integrate additional products to the rental contract.
• Achieve targets set for sales performance.
• Manage documents related to vehicle bookings and finalise contracts.
• Provide clients with correct information to complete rentals.
• Record client data and relevant information on the company system.
• Maintain a professional presence with clients.
• Prepare operational reports as required.
• Conduct administrative tasks related to rentals and billing.
• Inspect vehicles for damage and manage lost property.

Skills

Excellent sales skills

Excellent customer service skills

Experience of achieving sales targets

Great sales techniques

Job description

Job Title –Sales Executive (Car Rental Sector)

Job Location – Southampton Airport

Salary – £21,840 with a £26k OTE

As a Sales Executive you will be responsible for selling car rental to holiday makers, local businesses, and the general public. If they have a car already booked your role is to upgrade car rental that is already booked online.

For example, you will upgrade the car to a luxury car, bigger car, offer better insurance than already booked, offer child and baby seats and up sell satellite navigation.

Our client is the market leader in the vehicle rental sector for holiday makers and businesses. They have offices across the globe and at all the major airports.

Our client is looking for passionate, motivated sales driven people that can help grow the business and drive sales for the brand.

Responsibilities:

• Offer and convince the client regarding the opportunity of integrating additional products to the rental contract.
• Achieve targets
• Manage the documents related to the booking of vehicles, directly or through brokers, to finalise the contract and the attribution of the vehicle following the established procedures.
• Give the clients the correct information to finalise the vehicle rental contract.
• Record on the company’s computer system any client data gathered as well as any relevant information obtained on finalising the rental contract.
• Be available and close representative by having correct behaviour.
• Carry out the various operational reports requested.
• Carry out administrative tasks related to the rental of vehicles, the billing of debtors, GFA of breakdowns and accidents and other issues.
• Occasionally control the vehicles by activating the adequate procedure in case of damage detection and managing the objects left behind.

Key Skills/Experience Needed:

• Able demonstrate excellent sales skills
• Have excellent customer service skills
• Experience of achieving sales targets
• Great sale techniques