Sales Executive Location: St Albans Salary: up to £28k Hours: Mon-Fri Grafton Recruitment are looking for a graduate Sales Executive to gain new business in and around St Albans for a business that specialises in market research and consumer attitudes and behaviour. This is an excellent opportunity for somebody to kick start their career within sales. Duties and responsibilities Identifying new business opportunities by presenting the value of the companies offerings (both syndicated and consulting) to prospective clients Understanding the client's business information needs across a range of business functions, including competitive intelligence, product marketing and market research Managing the initial process of cold calling to booking in a demo for a senior to take over Account Management Drafting and sending appropriate sales correspondence Follow up calls Managing sales process through to closure Exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets Collaborating with the research team to identify new sales campaign messaging Providing input on new product development projects (voice of the customer) Building great rapport and valuable working relationships within the industry and potential clientsYou will need: Sales and/or customer service experience Degree level or equivalent level of education Experience of negotiating with clients and suppliers. Key account management experience with proven success of de...