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Salary We're looking for a Sales Development Representative to join our team in London as part of our Sales function.
Your Role: You will be developing new business opportunities from both existing and new clients. You’ll support the head of department in the development of new business and marketing initiatives and be the first point of client interaction as we cement ourselves as the UK market leading experts in price and promotion analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver on financial and activity targets set out by the department head
- Promote Acuity Pricing products to new and existing clients
- Follow up on marketing campaigns by prospecting to potential clients
- Set up and arrange client meetings for the sales team
- Advise and build positive relationships with clients
- To network effectively with potential clients through various means
- To ensure the most effective solution is suggested to the client
- Subject knowledge
- To advise on subject issues and how they can potentially affect the client’s business
- To react to and work with the internal teams to ensure that all new business opportunities are maximised
- Ensure client satisfaction and to represent Acuity Pricing in a professional and ethical manner at all times
- Ensure queries not relevant to the department are passed on to the relevant contact or department promptly
- Protect Acuity Pricing in all client relationships and act with integrity at all times
- Operate with a strong commercial awareness in order to maximise exposure and ensure quality business is generated and retained
- Oversee, prepare and deliver presentations of our products and services, which provide clients with the insight and data to meet their needs
Your Experience
- Keen interest in business and sales
- Good presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong initiative, negotiation and influencing skills
- Problem solving, analytical and numerical skills
- Proactive sales focus
- Ability to self-organise and self-manage to achieve business development targets
- Good client focus and handling skills
- Good written, oral and electronic communication skills in English
If you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still encourage you to apply. At Acuity Pricing, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role we would still like you to apply.
Who are we?
We help the UK’s largest retailers and brands to create pricing and proposition strategies that win market share, using real-time price, promotion and product data.
Acuity Pricing seamlessly scrapes, catalogues and automatically matches full-category branded and own-label lines. So you get easy access to the highest quality and most comprehensive price, promotion and product data and alerts.
By taking care of the heavy lifting involved in managing and analysing data, we free you up to focus on effective decision making. Find out more at
acuitypricing.com
. Acuity Pricing is part of Ascential plc. Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries. We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700 people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors. Ascential plc is listed on London Stock Exchange.
Why Choose Us?
Two divisions. Three continents. One great culture.
We strive for the highest standards in everything we do. But that’s not just for our customers. We want working for Ascential to be the best career move you’ve ever made.
Ascential is a people-powered company, and we’re committed to supporting each and every one of them. We publish an annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report that sets out our goals, commitments and progress so far. We invest in Employee Groups, empowering them to run educational events, support charities that they’re passionate about, and share experiences with colleagues. These groups include Able to Thrive, Ascential Pride, Black in Business and Empower Women's Network. And our inclusive recruitment practices and early talent programmes help us to bring curious, passionate people from every walk of life into our team.
We’re committed to ensuring that the impact of our business on our environment - and the communities we operate in - is a positive one. That means making sure that each event we run is the most sustainable it’s ever been. We also default all of our pension plans to ESG options, so that our people’s savings are invested in ways that help rather than hinder our planet.
Helping people to connect and drive progress isn’t a business-only goal. We know that the world is a better place when we all lead with heart, supporting charitable causes that make a difference. We provide opportunities to give back through Volunteer Days, our Employee Groups and our charity partner, The Prince’s Trust.
We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 1-2 days a week in your nearest office. But if that’s not possible for you, let’s talk. Flexible work conversations are actively encouraged here, and always will be.
Only you know what’s most important to you. That’s why we offer benefits packages that you can tailor to your needs. These include:
- 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell upto 5 days
- Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and the Ascential Shares Scheme
- Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
- Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
- Great learning and development opportunities.
We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.
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