Venue Sales Representative

Octopus Energy Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy is expanding its field sales team with a Venue Sales Representative role. You will engage customers in person to promote tariffs and eco technologies, helping households compare options and choose Octopus. A positive, proactive communicator with a willingness to visit multiple venues will thrive.

You’ll build genuine connections, deliver great service, and drive conversations that turn interest into action across various venues, with support and uncapped commission potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-centric setting with quick, effective solutions.
• Able to engage with customers and build rapport in person.
• Confident, approachable communicator with good listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Directly engage with customers on a face-to-face basis to promote energy tariffs and low-carbon technologies.
• Introduce Octopus Energy to local communities as a preferred supplier by explaining benefits and options.
• Deliver outstanding customer service and create a welcoming experience for every new customer.

Skills

Face-to-face sales

Customer service

Communication

Relationship building

Driving license

Job description

Octopus Energy has exciting opportunities to join our field sales team as a Venues Sales Representative. We’re changing the landscape of traditional field sales and marketing and reinventing customer interactions. We're focused on making energy greener and better, for everyone.

We put our customers first and are looking for amazing people to help us do that!

You’ll be at the frontline of our brand and as such, you’re responsible for showing the best of Octopus Energy and all we have to offer the public! You’ll meet lots of different people, build genuine connections and help customers make choices that are right for them.

What you'll do...

• As a Venue Sales Representative, you will directly engage with customers on a face to face basis, to promote our energy tariffs and low carbon technologies, such as solar panels, heat pumps and electric vehicles.
• Our Energy Helpers help introduce these local communities to Octopus Energy as a preferred potential supplier by comparing service and products with other energy companies. This helps potential customers make an informed choice on whether they’d benefit from switching to us for their energy supply at their homes.
• Your role will be to make every conversation count, delivering outstanding customer service while creating a welcoming and positive experience for every new customer you bring on board.

What you'll need...

• While sales experience is preferred don't let it put you off if you don't have any, we will help you with that! But if you enjoy talking to people, building relationships and helping customers, we’d love to hear from you.
• You don’t need to be the loudest person in the room to be great at Field Sales. We’re looking for people who are confident in their own way, great listeners and genuinely interested in connecting with others.
• A positive, approachable and confident communication style
• Experience in a customer centric setting where you have come up with quick and effective customer solutions
• A confident person who is willing to approach customers and maximise every customer interaction
• You love humans, and bringing customers a little bit of joy by making something easy makes your heart sing
• You’re a bit obsessive about checking you’ve got things right - it’s your job, not anyone else’s
• Honest focused and committed to being an amazing representative of our brand
• A driving license in order to travel to all our different venues situated across the locations

Why else you'll love it here

• £26,300 salary year + upcapped and unlimited commission (expected OTE of £15,000 with our top performers earning over £20,000 per year)
• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership.
• Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits.
• Hertility - Access discounted hormone, fertility and menopause support, including at-home testing, consultations and tailored guidance. Hertility can help you better understand your reproductive and hormone health, with support available across different stages of your journey, from fertility and family planning through to perimenopause and menopause.
• We believe great Field Sales teams are built from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, supported and able to do their best work.

£26,300 - £26,300 a year

Note* weekend and evening shifts will be required for this role

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

Why else you'll love it here

Wondering what the salary for this role is? Once you're in the interview process with one of our recruiters, it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!

Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership.

Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits.

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.