Reporting to the Head of Commercial Sales, the Business Development Executive will be responsible for growing the business in a designated/assigned region, by maintaining a robust and realistic pipeline of new business opportunities.
- Develops a robust pipeline of opportunities with prospective new customer accounts targeting the SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) businesses to exceed sales quota targets.
- Responsible for generation of new customer business, volume and gross margin through the application of Company business tools and guidelines, in line with individual, depot and region budgets
- Collaborate with Internal Marketing Department to identify campaigns and target lead profiles for new and existing opportunities.
- Achieve highest standards in customer excellence and adhere to customer complaints procedures wherever required.
- Identifies lapsed business from company data and external sources/lead generation and re-engaging with those customers to regain the opportunity to increase volume and gross margin for the company.
- Engage with potential customers by phone/e-mail/social media to grow prospects and sales.
- Utilize a variety of video conferencing applications available to successfully conduct customer meetings and account reviews in the absence of face-to-face capability.
- Successfully manage the transition of new gained accounts into the incumbent team of account managers.
- Responsible for achieving monthly targets and KPIs as set out by the General Manager with specific focus on telephone productivity in order to drive contact rates to our prospective customers.
- Upsell the full range of company products and services to new business to increase revenue and opportunity, including Energy Procurement/Lubricants/Fuelcards,etc
- Provide timely designated reports and information as required
- Learn all company systems and processes
- Work collaboratively with colleagues throughout the WFL UK Ltd business to achieve a greater offering for our customers
- Embrace a health and safety focused culture
- Undertake job function actions and processes in a consistent manner with colleagues in similar roles throughout the WFS business in the UK and NA, ensuring Unification across the company.
- Maximize sales results by evaluating opportunities within Vertical markets across Agri, Industrial and Farm Group sectors, for both rigid and artic delivery modes.
- Successfully manage the transition of new gained accounts in to the incumbent team of account managers.
- Sales and new Business Development experience. Ideally gained selling into a Commercial, Agricultural and Industrial Customer base
- Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written).
- Comfortable working under pressure and to KPIs
- Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
- Have a successful track record in a competitive sales environment
- Be experienced in building relationships to secure new business
- Have the ability to work using your own initiative
- Have the ability to build professional relationships with a wide range of customers
- An ability to drive a business forward
- Background in Fuel sales or specialty fuel sales or alternative fuels