Territory Sales Executive

DPD Group UK; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free On Site Parking

Holiday trading

Life assurance 4x salary

Vitality at Work

Discounted shopping

Milestone Days off

Eye tests support

Job summary

DPD UK is seeking a Territory Sales Executive to drive new business across Stoke, Walsall, and Crewe. The role focuses on cold calling, doorstep prospecting, and delivering revenue targets within a defined carrier and service mix.

You will hand over new accounts to the Customer Care Team or CRM Account Manager after eight weeks of trade, while continuously identifying daily and weekly trading opportunities and maintaining the bank of prospects.

Qualifications

• Evidence of success in sales or a similar environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills are essential.
• Full UK driving licence is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities and targets.
• Carry out proactive cold calling and door-to-door prospecting.
• Achieve revenue targets and manage new accounts through the early stages.
• Hand over new accounts to 고객 care or CRM account managers after onboarding.
• Collaborate to meet portfolio product targets and credit checks.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Persuasion

Resilience

Driving licence

Job description

• Salary:Up to £37504 plus commission, company car or car allowance laptop and mobile
• Base Location:Stoke, Walsall and Crewe
• Days of Work:Monday to Friday
• Hours of Work: 9:00 - 17:30

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Job Description

We are actively recruiting for an ambitious and motivated Territory Sales Executive to join and strengthen our team of skilled sales people.

As a Territory Sales Executive your primary responsibility will be to achieve the company’s revenue target for new business in line with the company’s strategy for customer size, type and service mix. Cold Calling and “door knocking” is an essential part of this role to attract and develop new business.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Identifying and developing a ‘personal prospect funnel’ sufficient in size to fund both DPD & DPD Local new business targets as laid down in the company’s strategic plan
• Monitoring performance of new customers to ensure they trade to an agreed profile. Agree and deliver action plans if variances occur
• Successfully handover all new accounts to either the Customer Care Team or relevant CRM Account Manager by the end of the first eight weeks of trade
• Identifying and pursuing regular trading opportunities on a daily and weekly basis
• To champion the “partnership process” wherever possible with any new prospects
• Achieving productivity targets. This will include 12 brand new prospect visits each week
• Achieving all portfolio product targets as laid down by the company
• Obtaining all the correct documentation required to process a credit facility to ISO standard

Qualifications

About You

Your career history will clearly be able to evidence success within a sales or similar environment and a tenacious attitude and drive to succeed in a fast paced sales environment.

Your outstanding communication, persuading and influencing skills will be fully utilised in this role as will your ability to focus on your customers to fully understand their needs and gain their commitment.

We’ll also expect you to have;

• High levels of integrity and empathy
• Ability to manage own time effectively to meet targets and deadlines
• Be able to adapt own style to suit the needs of internal and external customers
• Effective problem resolution and objection handling skills
• Have the ability to work under pressure and demonstrate a positive, enthusiastic and resilient approach
• A great team player who demonstrates the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.
• A full UK driving licence is essential.

Additional Information

About our Benefits

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.