Export Sales Executive

Reed

Posted 3 days ago, valid for 14 days

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 3HH, England

£36,000 - £43,200 per annum

Full Time

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Export Sales Executive

Location: Peterborough
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience - £27,000 - £30,000

We are seeking an Export Sales Executive to join our team at a well-established wholesaler with over 100 years of trading history. The role involves managing non-UK business sales and queries, assisting with UK sales when needed, and working towards new business development and product diversification. This position offers the opportunity to grow into a business development role and requires an energetic, friendly, and hard-working individual who enjoys engaging with customers and being part of a team.

Benefits:

Performance-related bonus based on target and overachievement.
Office-based hours: 8.45 am to 4.45 pm with an early finish on Friday.
Private Medical and Critical Illness cover.
Death in Service benefit.
22 days holiday increasing with service.

Day to Day of the role:

Handle enquiries and respond to customer queries, keeping them updated with order and shipment statuses.
Liaise with the warehouse on labelling and dispatch arrangements.
Create quotations, follow up, and process sales orders.
Check stock availability and liaise with procurement to buy in stock as required.
Deal with import and export customs and shipping documentation.
Upsell existing clients and develop new clients.
Work with marketing to target new customers.
Research market opportunities overseas and use LinkedIn to target new customers.
Develop, document, and constantly improve export processes and procedures.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Some level of commercial qualification is desirable, with reasonable qualifications in Maths and English essential.
Commercial awareness with a good level of numeracy.
Meticulous, accurate, flexible, dedicated, and hard-working.
Strong team player with a desire to contribute and be appreciated.
Strong ethics and supportive of our organisational culture.
Proficiency in MS Office products, particularly Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Experience with commercial software packages, ideally Sage 200.
Several years of experience in sales and purchasing in a commercial environment, ideally with food/plant stuffs or similar products.
Experience with import and export documentation.

To apply for the Export Sales Executive position, please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.