Sales Support Associate

AVEVA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Sales Support Associate to provide essential support to the UK Institutional team in London. The role involves coordinating sales activities, managing Salesforce CRM, and assisting with client meetings to drive growth. Ideal candidates will have a degree or equivalent experience, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach. They will work closely with colleagues to ensure strong client relationships and contribute to strategic decisions.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme up to 14%

Annual performance bonus eligibility

Family friendly parental and carers leave

Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays

Up to 40% discount for company products

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Flexible benefits including electric cars

Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

21 volunteering hours per year

Qualifications

• Self-starter with a pro-active and creative approach to problem solving.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Confident and presentable when interacting with clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential support to the UK Institutional team.
• Coordinate sales activities and assist with client meetings.
• Maintain Salesforce CRM and track pipeline activity.

Skills

Sales Experience

Customer Service

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

IMC desirable

Job description

Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate other locations cannot be considered.

Sales Support Associate

This is a great job for someone with experience working with institutional RFP processes and Salesforce is highly desirable.

A bit about the job :

In this role youll provide essential support to the UK Institutional team helping drive growth by coordinating sales activities preparing for client meetings and assisting with events. Youll ensure the smooth delivery of presentations reporting and CRM updates enabling the team to operate efficiently and maintain strong client relationships. Working closely with colleagues across the business youll contribute to new business opportunities through RFPs marketing initiatives and research while playing a key role in presenting a consistent and compelling message to institutional clients. Your responsibilities will include managing timelines prioritising tasks and ensuring accuracy in materials and data as well as supporting the planning and execution of pitches events and internal briefings. Youll also maintain Salesforce CRM track pipeline activity and provide insights through market research and MI analysis to inform strategic decisions. This is a varied and impactful role where your attention to detail and proactive approach will help shape how Aviva is perceived and influence client outcomes.

Skills and experience we were looking for :

• Degree or equivalent experience
• IMC desirable or an indication that you are working towards this.
• Self-starter pro-active and creative approach to problem solving and seeking out information
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Confident presentable and able to interact directly and autonomously with a wide variety of clients and stakeholders.

What youll get for this role :

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14% depending on what you put in
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carers leave
• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy / sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefitto help you get expert support when you need it
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone :

Were inclusive and welcome everyone we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box Even if you dont we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working including part time and job shares.

We flex locations hours and working patterns to suit our customers business and you. Most of our people are smart working spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.

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Key Skills

• Sales Experience
• Customer Service
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Basic Math
• POS
• Retail Sales
• Merchandising
• Cash Handling
• Epic
• Planograms
• Stocking