Sales & Business Development Executive

Sales & Business Development Executive

30k base + 5k bonus plus car

South Coast - based from home, occasional visits to head office in South Devon

VR/10511

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a sales and business development professional to join a company with world-renowned brands and 50 years of growth!

The successful candidate will play a key part in achieving sales targets through a combination of making outbound calls to potential and existing trade customers, visiting customers, building new accounts, and working with the Sales Manager to create and implement new strategies.

Your role will involve:

• Managing sales projects on a weekly basis
• Build relationships with key accounts
• Processing orders efficiently
• Professionally responding to customer phone calls and email enquiries
• Increase sales by creating and implementing your own business development strategies
• Leverage the CRM system to identify customers, product and sales trends requiring improvement
• Represent the company during customer visits and events

You will be the ideal candidate due to your:

• 2 years minimum sales/business development experience
• Commercial awareness
• Well spoken with the confidence to meet business owners
• Energetic, driven and creative thinker
• Self-driven individual and also a good team player
• Engaging telephone manner
• IT literate to use Outlook, Word & Excel
• Knowledge of the marine industry through work experience or leisure interests preferred but not essential
• Applicants must hold a valid driving licence and be open to regular travel throughout the UK