Want to Build a recurring income? Be a Workwear and Promotional Gift Sales Agent

Ideal Profile

We are looking for someone that feels they have a strong sales ethic, who can hit the ground running and help to grow the business and their customer base in both existing and new markets. You’ll be proactive, a strong communicator and hungry for your own personal success as well as that of the business.

You will be scouring the market for potential customers, confident in making calls and knocking on doors, and adept at using sales tools such as Linked In to build your network. All of this whilst having enough self-awareness to know when you need to draw back from being too pushy with a customer, and equally know when you can push that little bit more to get through the door.

It is of utmost importance to us that you represent our business professionally whilst working for us. You will have a full briefing on the company to give a solid understanding of who we are and what we do, and you will be tasked with developing the sales strategy which will be yours to own and implement. You will be responsible for delivering the sales strategy end to end and must manage your time accordingly.

Key Tasks

In order to develop a strong pipeline of opportunities for the business, the role will involve (but not be limited to):

• Identifying new opportunities through active targeting which will call upon a variety of sales techniques, from web-based research, through to cold calling and face to face appointments
• Present concepts and quotations to the customer whilst ensuring the accuracy of your work, converting pipeline opportunities into confirmed sales
• Providing excellent customer service at all times, including timely and proactive communication (email and telephone)
• Ensuring that the senior team are kept fully up to date on activity/performance and to provide monthly reporting on pipeline activity and performance against KPI’s
• Where appropriate, maintain a good knowledge and awareness of our key products to enable an educated conversation
• Attend networking opportunities and be able to converse with potential customers

Our requirements

To be successful in this role:

• You will be a confident self-starter that has the ambition to succeed and grow.
• You will have a background in sales and operate in an ethical manner at all times.
• You are presentable and professional, ready to represent the business in the best possible way.
• You are comfortable with delivering to monthly targets and have the voice to raise a concern if any targets are not going to be met.
• You possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and determine opportunities that are right for our business.
• You work well both independently and as part of a team. Whilst this is an autonomous role, we are a small team who all contribute and work together.
• You will be capable of developing and maintaining a report to give the business visibility of the pipeline.
• You will be a good listener that retains critical information, not only whilst you are learning the business, but when you are speaking with new and existing customers about their requirements.
• You are IT literate and can use the standard Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and possess excellent written/verbal communication, presentation and planning skills
• You will need a driving licence and access to your own vehicle, which must be kept insured, the MOT (if required) up to date, the vehicle kept presentable and legal at all times.