Telesales Executive

Telesales Executive
Wakefield
Monday to Friday
We are currently recruiting for a Sales Executive for a leading clothing company based in Wakefield.
This is a sales role and you will be contacting new and existing customers principally by telephone, but you will also be using other communication tools to hold meetings to develop and secure business for the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Sales for workwear you will joining a team of Sales Development Managers and part of the role will be to identify and open up communication with potential clients and work with your colleagues to develop these opportunities to new business.
Key Responsibilities:
To contact new and existing customer by telephone
To manage an existing customer database and continually grow your area by adding new customers
To build relationships
Research to identify potential new customers within the target sectors identified by the business
Follow up on sales leads to identify customer potential. Then work with the sales development manager team to decide on the best approach to grow each opportunity
Work to achieve internal sales targets and key performance indicators
Attributes
To be successful in this role you will need:
Excellent communication and listening skills
Customer and sales focussed
A team player
Positive attitude
Confident and able to work well under pressure
Have the ability to absorb, analyse and act on information quickly
Commercial and marketplace awareness and experience
Have lots of initiative and be able to think on your feet
Ability to build relationships with customers and internal colleagues
Skilled with all MS-Office based applications
Experience
Previous Telesales experience essential
Proven track record of developing relationships with existing and new customers
Proven track record of working to and achieving targets
Skills:
Sales
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Customer service
relationship building
Keywords:
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