Graduate Sales Account Executive

Ref: 732

Role: Graduate Sales Account Executive

Salary: Up to £30,000

Located: Sheffield

Hours:- 39 hours per week – Monday to Thursday 08:30 – 17:00 & Friday 08:30 – 16:00

The Sales Account Executive will assist the sales growth of the range of products, both for HOME and EXPORT markets, managing a diverse customer group, from end-users to distributors, representatives, key accounts & OEM’s, across a wide industry base including Automotive, Bearing, Precision Engineering as well as a significant number of small engineering companies.

The role:

• Increase the sales volume and revenue of products with both existing and prospective customers.
• Work with and expand the current prospect database to generate effective leads & exceed sales targets.
• Undertake various cold calling exercises to assist in sales pipeline growth – proactive outlook is expected.
• Actively revisit legacy customers with a view to reactivating business.
• Seek out and activate new distribution partners to maximise sales potential.
• Continually review customer performance and ensure each territory achieves the required level of sales to support the overall sales budget, this should include the setting of customer performance targets.
• Provide pre-sales technical advice, assistance and product education as required.
• Monitor, record, analyse and report on activity, trends, results and recommendations relating to sales activities.
• Maintain customer records, and log details of new enquiries within CRM Intranet database.
• Work with various departmental price lists, discount structures and trading terms to calculate customer selling prices.
• Provide detailed and technical quotations to customers and manage quotations in the intranet quotation log, ensuring efficient follow up and order forecasting.
• Develop and maintain strong executive relationships with specific customer accounts, working closely to ensure overall Company sales strategies are implemented.
• Ensure excellent working relations with inter-departmental staff, partner organisations and external service providers.

The successful candidate:

• Experience of managing a sales budget and KPI’s.
• Experience of selling to various sized customer accounts.
• Previous experience working within a similar role.
• Some level of commercial knowledge.
• Prospecting, closing and growing business accounts.
• Ability to meet deadlines with efficient time and workload management skills.
• Technically minded.
• Service driven with first class customer service skills.
• Excellent communication (both written & verbal) / interpersonal skills to interact successfully at all levels.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Excellent Computer skills, with experience using Microsoft Office.
• Self-confident with the ability to adjust to fast changing business conditions.
• A good organiser with the ability to manage multiple demands whilst meeting deadlines.
• Persuasive with good negotiating skills.
• Result oriented / target driven with proven sales track record.
• Valid full UK driving license

Glu Recruit LTD are an equal opportunities employer and are acting as a recruitment agent in the hiring of this role. 

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