Senior Sales Executive needed to an industry leading manufacturer based in Gravesend.

The role will be heavily focussed around business development with the view to then managing the accounts that you bring on for the firm.

This exciting position will suit a candidate that is a good team player, has an excellent attention to detail, is fast-paced, enthusiastic, thorough and talented. The successful person would also have:

Projects begin life an initial enquiry from a customer which is quoted by the Estimating team. Once quoted, the Business Co-ordinators call and speak with the project-specific key contacts with the aim of identifying the key information they need to know to ensure effective project management. This includes who the decision makers are, timescales and what support is needed to offer our customer. After every call, a future call is diarised and this process continues right through to order stage.

Repeat business is very important. The Sales Executives within the business build excellent relationships with customers and deliver outstanding customer service at every opportunity.

In addition to this, the Sales Executives spend 3 hours a week proactively generating new business opportunities within their areas. New business generation is the key to our future success!.

Candidate Profile
This exciting position will suit a candidate that is a good team player, has an excellent attention to detail, is fast-paced, enthusiastic, thorough and talented. The successful person would also have:

Roles and Responsibilities
• Working as part of an internal team
• Working together with the team’s Specification Manager
• Delivering outstanding service to all customers
• Achieving team order intake targets
• Making quality appointments for the team’s specification Manager to attend day to day project management of approximately 200+ projects
• New business generation including development of postcodes within your designated geographical area
• Managing a work-pad of outgoing project calls, plus incoming calls from customers
• Achieving desired call rates and % of time on phone
• Achieving desired conversion rates on quotes to orders
• Working with various internal departments including Communications, Estimating, CAD and Customer Service
• Making and maintaining accurate project notes information on Integrated
• Required Skills
• Excellent communication with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• The ability to work under pressure and meet demanding deadlines
• The ability to find solutions to challenges.

The company offer excellent benefits which include - A competitive salary + generous commission structure, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (A number of different team building events).