Internal Sales Executive

We are recruiting an experienced Internal Sales Executive for our client, a leading European manufacturing company based in the Ellesmere Port area.

You will be responsible for handling & transitioning leads, generated by marketing and inbound calls, via sales or telesales colleagues into appointments, enquiries and ultimately revenue for the business.

This is a hybrid position working a split week between the site in Ellesmere Port and from home.

About the Job

Internal Sales Executive
Ellesmere Port (Hybrid Role)
Up to £33K + bonus

What You'll Get

• £33K basic
• Quarterly bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Company laptop and phone
• Hybrid working

Role & Responsibilities

• Ensure the follow up existing leads and stimulate new opportunities through effective calling techniques
• Generate appointments with existing contacts within our database and discover new, extended contacts to target for visits
• Support the Telesales team with contact to lost /lapsed customers in order to inform them about applications or solutions on offer to generate an opportunity to quote or arrange a sales visit,
• Direct prospects/leads to the field sales team– as appropriate
• Enter, update & maintain new customer information in our CRM system
• Proactively manage leads derived from digital marketing activity with the relevant sales or telesales colleague
• Support and drive the development of national & key accounts
• Identify opportunity for growth within specific sectors by understanding of competitors
• Work with Sales support team to ensure customers receive quotes and information in a timely manner.
• Input into marketing campaigns and put prospecting plans in place to aim to get more business.
• Ensure all activity are entered and managed within the CRM system weekly and update CRM with sales cycle status ensuring pipeline is recorded at the correct stages and is accurate.
• Diary management for appointment setting with sales colleagues.

Requirements

• A natural but influential telephone manner and strong mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, an early engager with key contacts.
• Excellent knowledge of CRM methods and systems.
• Experience in dealing with all levels of target organisation management and selling to key decision makers.
• This person will have significant drive and will balance this with collaboration with customers and colleagues.
• An energetic and driven person.  
• Good organisational skills to ensure diarised follow up of leads and enquiries.
• Ability to work effectively within a team.
• A good telephone manner to engage customers into dialogue.