Are you a confident communicator, comfortable at using your sales experience to attract new business?
As a Bagnalls Sales Executive you will be directly responsible for contacting potential customers via phone and email to introduce the services that Bagnall’s has to offer in commercial and industrial settings. You will build relationships with senior decision makers in a variety of sectors, including health care, education, and leisure to influence them to use Bagnalls to meet their painting and decorating needs. We pride ourselves on our ability to support our customers and as Sales Executive you will be the forefront of making sure those vital relationships are built and nurtured.
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 plus achievable commission structure
Hours: Full time.
Hybrid Working: Here at Bagnalls we are a close-knit team and feel that it is important for our teams to work in the office and keep in touch with their colleagues. However, we understand the challenges of daily life and once training is complete, we can offer Hybrid working or flexible hours to aid with school runs, childcare or other reasonable commitments.
Responsibilities:
The Sales Executive role will be mainly office-based and will require plenty of initiative as you start the journey of winning new business for the company.
1. Identify new target customers through a range of different methods of research, including using social media.
2. Build relationships with new & previous customers to ensure we are securing repeat business .
3. Gain a strong understanding of our customers so that you can clearly highlight and articulate what Bagnall’s can offer them.
4. Complete Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs)
5. Manage the customer database.
We ask that you have the following qualifications and skills:
Essential Criteria:
6. Strong verbal communication skills
7. Previous sales experience (telephone/ B2B preferred)
8. Confidence to build relationships with senior decision makers.
9. Excellent, friendly telephone manner
10. Good standard of written English
11. Basic Microsoft Office skills and ability to learn to use an in-house database.
12. Ability to learn about all aspects of the business quickly.
Desirable Criteria:
13. Experience within the construction industry
Your Development: You will be given full training and support to learn how to develop key customer relationships. You will have the opportunity to work with a huge variety of organisations within the public and private sectors.
People development is one of our values. We work with our employees to help them meet their personal and career aspirations, including opportunities for internal and external training, and further responsibilities in their role.