Sales Person
Job Role
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Our client is a well-established and growing manufacturer of special purpose products based in Huntingdon. They are seeking an experienced salesperson to join their established sales team.-
The role will involve securing new business by following up incoming leads, and generating new leads from targeted call groups.- To ensure that potential customers fully understand the products and the benefits of ordering and that all enquiries are processed and dealt with in a timely manner.-
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Job Responsibilities
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- Deliver excellent sales service to potential customers.
- Build relationships with customers, gaining their trust.
- Ensure customer requirements are always fulfilled to the highest standard.
- Communicate effectively with customers (often Head teachers and senior staff) by telephone, email, video calls, and at exhibitions etc.
- Have knowledge of our core products and services and be able to advise customers on which would best suit their needs.
- Respond to daily leads from new enquiries via telephone, email and website within the business directed timeframes.
- Meet monthly individual and team sales targets and maximise upsell through additional opportunities/x-selling
- Maintain a healthy sales pipeline on the CRM System ensuring all information is kept up to date.
- Gather market and customer information to determine our customer requirements.
- Support the Sales Manager and fellow colleagues where needed
- Ensure a proactive approach to cost and always service performance improvement.
Person Specification
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- Experience at communicating effectively with internal and external customers at all levels.
- Able to work in a high-pressure environment, ever changing and challenging.
- Have a can-do problem-solving attitude, being able to deal with all types of enquiries.
- Must have effective communications skills, both verbal and written.
- Assertive
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Sales and target driven.
- Ability to work autonomously and within teams.
- Be flexible and have an adaptive approach to demand and changes in the work activity.
- An effective time planner with the ability to balance workloads and priorities.
- PC literate to include Microsoft Word and Excel.
Hours of Work and Pay
- Salary up to 50k DOE (OTE 60k+)
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking