Telesales Advisor

Edwards & Pearce; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the automotive sector is seeking a Sales Executive to make outbound calls to customers and prospects in order to achieve sales targets. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in sales or customer service, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to business development. This role offers a salary starting at £29,000 with potential on-target earnings of around £40,000.

Benefits

Onsite parking

Central location

Fixed working hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in sales or customer service in the automotive sector.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Confident and dynamic approach to sales.

Responsibilities

• Outbound calling to customers and prospects to achieve sales targets.
• Managing own customer base and prospecting for new business.
• Maintaining an accurate customer and prospect database.
• Achieving exceptional levels of customer service.

Skills

Excellent communicator

Sales experience

Proactive and commercial mindset

Experience with ERP software

Forecasting skills

Job description

Overview

This is an immediately available opportunity to join a busy and friendly team within the automotive sector.

Benefits

• Salary: £29,000 (OTE c£40,000 plus - uncapped)
• Onsite parking
• Central location
• Start & Finish Time: 8.30am - 5pm, Monday - Friday

Role

• To outbound call customers and prospects alike to ensure sales targets are achieved.
• To be responsible for your own customer base.
• To identify and prospect for new business.
• To fully engage with all of the products we sell.
• To positively engage with new products and new customers.
• To maintain an accurate customer and prospect database.
• To effectively and efficiently plan and schedule daily, weekly and monthly sales calls.
• To effectively communicate propositions and promotions to existing customers and prospects.
• To manage your debtor book and where necessary, tactfully and professionally encouraging your customers to honour our payment terms.
• To achieve exceptional levels of customer service.
• To become an expert in the products that we sell and the industry that we operate within.
• To ensure that targets are achieved, and where negative variances occur, recovery plans are quickly devised and implemented.

Candidate

• At least 2 years' experience in sales or customer service preferably in the automotive aftermarket or a similar environment.
• Excellent communicator both verbal and written.
• Experience of using ERP or similar software.
• Previous sales/purchase forecasting experience.
• Confident and dynamic.
• Proactive and commercial.

Consultancy

Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer.