Territory Sales Executive

DPD UK; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Car allowance

Laptop

Mobile phone

Holiday trading

Free eye tests

Job summary

DPD UK is seeking a Territory Sales Executive to drive new business revenue in line with the company’s strategy. Base locations include Stoke, Walsall and Crewe.

This full-time role involves cold calling and door knocking to attract and develop new customers, and requires building a personal prospect funnel to fund targets. You will monitor new customers, hand over accounts to the Customer Care Team or CRM Account Manager within eight weeks of trade, and pursue regular trading opportunities

Qualifications

• Your career history will clearly evidence success within a sales or similar environment.
• A tenacious attitude and drive to succeed in a fast paced sales environment.
• Excellent communication, persuading and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop a personal prospect funnel to fund both DPD & DPD Local new business targets as laid down in the company’s strategic plan.
• Monitor performance of new customers to ensure they trade to an agreed profile; deliver action plans if variances occur.
• Handover all new accounts to the Customer Care Team or CRM Account Manager by the end of the first eight weeks of trade.
• Identify and pursue regular trading opportunities on a daily and weekly basis.
• Champion the partnership process with new prospects wherever possible.
• Achieve 12 brand new prospect visits each week and hit portfolio product targets.
• Obtain all required documentation to process a credit facility to ISO standard.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Time management

Drive and tenacity

Customer focus

Team player

UK 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.

• Contract Type: Permanent / 37.5 Hours Per Week

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.

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.

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