Sales Executive - Full-time Monday/Friday
Do you want to join our ambitious team in an industry-leading organisation?
About us:
At Label Express you will be working for an established, secure and exciting organisation that leads the way in providing high quality labels with exceptional customer service and lead times. We are a customer focused business where providing the very best service and quality is paramount to our success. This comes with great people, and you will be joining a forward thinking and ambitious team. Working primarily in the London and home counties area, our strength lies in being able to respond and provide unbeatable turnaround times to customers that value local suppliers. Operating from our Croydon factory we have the latest technology machinery and forge strong, longstanding relationships with our customers.
Position: Sales Executive
Location: Field-based, the ideal candidate will live in or around the Croydon area
Job Type: Full time, Permanent. Monday to Friday
Salary: £30k to £35k + Company vehicle + OTE bonus potential
Benefits:25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays, company pension
Purpose of Role
An exciting new opportunity has arisen within Label Express to apply for the position of Sales Executive primarily covering London and the South East region. In your role, you will be responsible for identifying and qualifying new customer leads and turning these into customers through excellent, personable sales skills. Through providing first class customer service and working closely with our Production team, you will work to achieve the agreed sales targets, profit and business goals by expertly managing your customer accounts and nurturing these to maximise all label opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
• Identify and qualify good fit prospective customers
• With excellent sales skills approach and pitch to the key decision makers
• Understand and interpret the customer’s brief/requirements
• Accurately relay this information so that a correct specification can be raised in Production
• Understand the printing and production process so that information can be provided to our customers
• Reporting into the Sales Manager and MD, work closely with them and provide accurate information and reporting.
• Manage your time effectively and organise your working week to achieve optimum efficiency
• Administration of customer accounts with a close understanding of the key decision makers and their business
• Manage all customer interaction in the field including business development and sales support
• Recognise all opportunities to grow customer accounts
• Develop a sales and prospect plan that details your strategy to winning new business.
• Make effective use of all marketing support
• Being quick to respond to our customers is critical and a major business strength. In all aspects be it quoting, information requests or any query/issue – reacting promptly at the earliest opportunity is vital.
Experience
To be considered for this opportunity it is essential that you have previous experience in a sales role with a track record of successfully meeting sales targets across a portfolio of customer accounts. You must also hold a full and valid UK driving licence.
Skills / Knowledge
You will be educated to A level or equivalent. You will be competent in Microsoft Office suite, and you will have a high level of attention to detail, diligent with excellent numeracy and writing skills.
Personal Attributes
• A desire to do the very best for our customers
• Motivated and Driven
• Persuasive
• Enthusiastic
• Highly organised
• Excellent communication skills
• Personable (at work and with customers)
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Diligent
• Committed with a strong work ethic
• Resourceful
Application
If this sounds like you, then you could be the right person for us! Please click APPLY, upload your CV and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
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