Sales Representative - Waste Management

ZipRecruiter; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste management company is seeking a Sales Representative to cover South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. The successful candidate will drive sales, manage customer relationships, and generate growth through new business. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential, along with proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within the waste management sector desirable.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Selling waste disposal solutions to commercial customers.
• Cold calling and generating new business leads.
• Attending commercial exhibitions and networking events.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

IT literate

Self-motivated

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

As a result of continued growth, my client seeks to appoint a Sales Representative preferably with experience within the waste management sector to cover mainly South Yorkshire with some coverage of North Derbyshire. This position will see you working closely with all departments to drive sales and identify new commercial opportunities. You will communicate with both new and existing customers, being informative and understanding of their requirements. You will be capable of identifying and developing new business opportunities in order to attain your sales targets. Within this role, you will also be required to generate reports detailing new business, growth organically and from new business. Good knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint is needed.

Excellent organisational skills and a good work ethic are essential to the role, along with the ability to work within a team and communicate to a range of commercial customers.

Responsibilities

• Selling on contract a comprehensive range of waste disposal solutions to commercial customers
• Cold calling, generating new business leads, building a strong regional pipeline, and knowledge of your allocated area
• Develop and demonstrate commercial awareness
• Manage workload effectively to deliver agreed targeted sales
• Provide an outstanding level of customer service
• Attending commercial exhibitions, business expos, networking events to further promote the business
• Selling to new clients; this will require motivation, and the ability to handle objections

Experience and key skills

• Previous experience within the waste management sector desirable
• Be able to demonstrate good communication skills at stakeholder level
• Comfortable with cold calling, making own appointments and managing time effectively
• Self-motivated, able to demonstrate in previous roles target achievement
• Fluent in both spoken and written English
• IT literate, must have good understanding of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Professional telephone manner
• Full UK driving licence