Territory Sales Executive

DPD Group UK; North East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the parcel delivery sector is seeking a motivated Territory Sales Executive to achieve new business targets. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong sales experience and exceptional communication skills, managing a personal prospect funnel while ensuring customer satisfaction. This role offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including a company car, laptop, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity package

Free life assurance

Health Kiosks at locations

Discounted shopping

Milestone Days off

Free eye tests

Qualifications

• Proven sales experience required.
• High integrity, empathy, and adaptability essential.
• Full UK driving licence is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Achieve new business revenue targets.
• Develop personal sales funnel through cold calling.
• Handover accounts to Customer Care Team after eight weeks.

Skills

Communication

Persuasion

Problem Resolution

Time Management

Teamwork

Job description

• Salary: circa £35,600k plus commission, company car, laptop and mobile
• Base Location: Teeside and Darlington and surrounding areas
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday

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
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• 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.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today

About the company

DPDgroup is the largest parcel delivery network in Europe. We combine innovative technology and local knowledge to provide a flexible and user-friendly service for both shippers and shoppers. With our industry-leading Predict service, we are setting a new standard for convenience by keeping our customers in close contact with their delivery.

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