Job Description
My client is looking for a proactive and successful Sales Executive to help strengthen their expanding team.
Working in a team of other sales and internal sales staff the successful candidate will proactively develop new business and build and nurture existing client relationships to maximise the potential.- New business development through telesales & field sales
- Key Account Management
- Generating & Calculating Freight quotations / tender documents
- Drafting and sending appropriate sales correspondence
- Follow up calls
- Managing sales process through to closure
- Developing long lasting relationships with new clients
- Supporting the sales team in their sales efforts
- Managing the existing and new client quotes
- Ensuring that the quotes are completed promptly and are followed up to maximise conversion
- Freight forwarding experience would be ideal but not essential.
- Business to business Sales experience essential
- Telesales experience essential.
- Customer service or Operations experience.
- Proven success of handling and calculating RFQ's and tender submissions.
- Experience of negotiating with clients and or suppliers.
- Key account management experience with proven success of developing relationships.
- Experience of calculating KPI reports.
- Experience of face to face client and supplier meeting.
- Good administrative skills.
- Good numerical skills.
- Good IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Character and personal attributes
Confident communicator. (Written and verbal)
- A positive and engaging personality.
- Can do sales / customer service orientation.
- Strong work ethic.
- Good attention to detail.
- Calm under pressure.
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