Business Development Executive

Reed are working with a rapidly growing company based in Central Bristol, recruiting for a Business Development Executive on a full time, permanent basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate seeking a role in Sales. You must have strong communication skills, be willing to learn, hardworking and driven, creative and happy to pick up the telephone.

On offer:
£24,000 - £27,000 salary + Uncapped Commission
Flexible working - 2 days office/3 days from home, with flexible start and end times
Opportunities to progress
Laptop

What will you be doing?
Generating new business across Schools, Trust, Nurseries and Early years settings
Managing and closing apprenticeship vacancies
Maintaining the highest levels of customer service during all client interactions
Forging and growing partnerships
Generating leads by contacting decision makers within Schools, Trusts, Nurseries and Early years settings to discuss their training and recruitment needs for existing staff and new Apprentice recruitment
Servicing inbound enquiries generated from various channels and managing them through to completion
Developing employer relationships so that existing customers become regular reoccurring clients while cross selling other programmes we offer
Coordinating the initial application enrolment process with apprentices and their employers. Advise and support to employers regarding the Apprenticeship Levy, Incentives, and future funding reforms
Schedule and complete weekly activities/KPI’s which include phone prospecting and virtual/face-to-face meetings
Report sales data and forecasts on a regular basis and meet month end sales deadlines
Keeping the internal CRM system up to date and documenting daily activity to track sales and personal performance
Be an expert on competitor’s strengths and weaknesses, evaluating the market and scoping out new opportunities
Work closely with other departments and support staff to assist with coordination of sales administration / applications
Ensuring the business hits all of our ambitious sales targets
Build highly effective relationships with partners and clients
Identify opportunities to improve processes and approaches
Work with Excel, Power BI, CCRM and Smart Sheet to set up and produce meaningful reports and data to best support the department and to highlight to other stakeholders
Build the programme area by working with the Business Development and marketing team to pro-actively seek new partner organisations and opportunities to broaden the programme offer

About you
A strong communicator (written and verbal) an excellent telephone manner
Sales experience with a track record of meeting KPI’s and/or Targets
Have a fantastic work ethic and commitment to supporting professionals
Be highly competent using MS packages and CRMs (we can train)
Be open to change - actively looking for ways to improve processes and outputs for the team
Driven and committed to forging a successful sales career