Internal Sales Executive
Location: Near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Working Arrangement: 100% office-based
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + annual bonus of up to £1,000
Contract: Permanent Opportunity
Transport: Own transport essential due to the office location
Are you a proactive, commercially minded individual who enjoys building relationships, identifying sales opportunities and growing existing customer accounts?
Our client is a prestigious and well-established packaging organisation with an excellent reputation for quality, innovation and customer satisfaction. Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit an Internal Sales Executive to join their friendly and supportive team on a permanent basis.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys the sales side of customer relationships, with a particular focus on developing an established client base of approximately 600 customers. Rather than focusing on processing orders and preparing quotations, the role is centred on proactive sales activity, building relationships with existing clients, introducing new products and identifying opportunities to increase revenue.
Please note: Due to the office location, candidates must have their own transport to travel to and from work.
The Role
As an Internal Sales Executive , you will play a key role in maximising sales opportunities across the existing customer base. You will proactively contact clients, develop relationships with key contacts, raise awareness of new products and identify opportunities to upsell and grow existing accounts.
This is a commercially focused role suited to someone who is confident speaking with customers, enjoys regular communication and is motivated by achieving sales results.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively contact existing customers to maintain and develop strong business relationships.
- Manage and develop relationships across an established client base of approximately 600 customers.
- Identify opportunities to upsell products and increase sales within existing accounts.
- Introduce customers to new products, product ranges and relevant business developments.
- Build relationships with additional contacts and decision-makers within customer organisations.
- Identify customer needs and understand how the company's products can add value to their business.
- Maintain regular contact with customers to keep the company front of mind and encourage repeat and additional business.
- Monitor customer activity and identify accounts with potential for further growth.
- Take a proactive approach to re-engaging with customers and developing opportunities that may otherwise be missed.
- Record customer interactions, sales activity and opportunities accurately on internal systems.
- Work closely with colleagues to share customer feedback, identify opportunities and support the wider sales function.
- Contribute towards sales targets and the overall growth of the business.
About You
We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic and commercially aware individual who enjoys speaking with customers and building lasting business relationships. You will be proactive in your approach, comfortable initiating conversations and motivated by identifying opportunities to generate additional sales.
Ideally, you will have:
- Previous experience in internal sales, telesales, account management, sales support or a similar commercially focused role.
- Confidence making outbound calls and proactively contacting existing customers.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- A natural ability to identify sales opportunities and promote additional products.
- A proactive, positive and results-driven attitude.
- The confidence to engage with different contacts within customer organisations.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to manage a large customer base effectively.
- Excellent attention to detail and accurate record-keeping.
- Good IT skills and the ability to learn new systems.
- The ability to work independently while contributing to a supportive team environment.
- Your own transport, essential due to the office location near Biggleswade.
Experience within the packaging industry would be beneficial but is not essential. Most importantly, we are looking for someone with the right attitude, a genuine interest in sales and the drive to develop existing customer relationships.
What's on Offer?
- Basic salary of up to £35,000 per annum, depending on experience.
- Annual bonus of up to £1,000.
- Permanent position with a well-established and growing organisation.
- Monday to Friday working hours, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
- 100% office-based role near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
- The opportunity to develop and grow sales across an established customer base.
- A position focused on relationship development and sales growth, rather than order processing.
- A friendly, supportive team environment with genuine long-term career prospects.
Interested?
If you're a proactive sales professional who enjoys building relationships, developing existing accounts and finding opportunities to grow revenue, this could be an excellent next step in your career.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
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