Business Development Executive (Internal)
Salary & Benefits:
* £35,000 to £40,000 negotiable, depending on experience
* Profit sharing scheme
* Excellent company pension scheme
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Hours: 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday with an hour for lunch
Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Company Description: A leading distributor of data networking products. The business supplies into the electrical wholesale marketplace, data infrastructure installers and industrial end users and are part of a significant, privately owned group of companies, employing over 2,000 people throughout the UK.
Role:
* Creating the strategy and plan to develop and lead the internal business development team, focused on pro-actively building customer relationships and business levels and working within a defined target list of new and existing customers
* Working on groups of customers that already have group agreements in place and proactively calling new and dormant customers
* Selling existing products to customers that are already purchasing from an alternative source
Person & Skills Required:
* Significant telephone sales experience, ideally in the data networking and/or electrical wholesale markets but not essential
* Full product and market training will be provided, but it would be advantageous to have experience of the UK Electrical Wholesale market and the market dynamics that operate within
* Experience of managing an internal sales team with the potential to develop into more wider functions within the business management team and supporting the General Manager
This is a management team entry level role and as such, the candidate must be able to lead by example and pro-actively develop the Business Development function within the company.
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