Sales Person

Recruit Mint Ltd; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company based in Huntingdon seeks an experienced salesperson to join their sales team. The role involves building customer relationships, meeting sales targets, and providing exceptional service. Candidates should have strong communication skills, be self-motivated, and able to handle pressure. The position offers a salary up to £50k, with benefits including health programs and life insurance.

Benefits

Free flu jabs

Health & wellbeing programme

Life insurance

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience at communicating effectively with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure, ever-changing environment.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent sales service to potential customers.
• Build trust with customers.
• Respond to daily leads within directed timeframes.

Skills

Effective communication

Sales and target driven

Problem-solving

Time management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Our client is a well-established and growing manufacturer of special purpose products based in Huntingdon. They are seeking an experienced salesperson to join their established sales team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent sales service to potential customers.
• Build relationships with customers, gaining their trust.
• Ensure customer requirements are always fulfilled to the highest standard.
• Communicate effectively with customers (often Head teachers and senior staff) by telephone, email, video calls, and at exhibitions etc.
• Have knowledge of our core products and services and be able to advise customers on which would best suit their needs.
• Respond to daily leads from new enquiries via telephone, email and website within the business directed timeframes.
• Meet monthly individual and team sales targets and maximise upsell through additional opportunities/x-selling.
• Maintain a healthy sales pipeline on the CRM System ensuring all information is kept up to date.
• Gather market and customer information to determine our customer requirements.
• Support the Sales Manager and fellow colleagues where needed.
• Ensure a proactive approach to cost and always service performance improvement.

Person Specification

• Experience at communicating effectively with internal and external customers at all levels.
• Able to work in a high-pressure environment, ever changing and challenging.
• Have a can-do problem-solving attitude, being able to deal with all types of enquiries.
• Must have effective communications skills, both verbal and written.
• Assertive
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Sales and target driven.
• Ability to work autonomously and within teams.
• Be flexible and have an adaptive approach to demand and changes in the work activity.
• An effective time planner with the ability to balance workloads and priorities.
• PC literate to include Microsoft Word and Excel.

Hours of Work and Pay

Salary up to 50k DOE (OTE 60k+)

Benefits

• Free flu jabs
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking