I have a new opportunity that has become available for my client who are based in Bishop’s Stortford.

They are looking for a confident and driven Sales Executive to join their team and be instrumental in expanding their client base.

They can offer you a competitive salary and benefits along with free parking on site. The working hours are 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

The successful candidate will have a proven background in sales and be a motivated, self-starter.

You will be required to identify & contact potential and existing customers by telephone and email to build relationships & to generate market information on quantity, pricing and competition for a predefined range of products ensuring maximum interfacing by telephone with the customer

• All information are to be recorded in call report & summarise in Tactical plan for future progress.
• Support the Team with day to day enquiries whilst reps are travelling or in meetings.
• Support Multinational Team with Customer Tenders, working towards tight deadlines.
• To resolve Multinational customer’s issues in a proactive & positive manner.
• To project the company to its best advantage, ensuring clear & professional communication of sales related issues to Customers, Principals, Customer Service, Supply Chain and Team etc.
• Obtain & negotiate purchase prices & payment terms from Principals and update Supply chain accordingly.
• Update Customer Care Team on sales prices to ensure price files are accurate.
• Analyse lost business and margin variance reports and refer anomalies.
• Monitor progress of contract volumes on a monthly basis, ensuring sufficient stock is in place and en route to continue supply, by working closely with customer service and supply chain teams.
• To proactively investigate alternative supply options to ensure supply capabilities to customers are not affected.
• Maintain and record all relevant information in CRM system, ensuring tactical plans are always up to date.
• Collate SAGE reporting statistics.
• To produce/ collate monthly report updates & present it in a timely manner.
• Liaison/Progression with Principals/Suppliers on defined projects under guidance.
• Communication with customer service & supply chain on sales forecasts.
• Prepare product costing for submission to customers, ensuring accuracy whilst collating historically information and cost options to use strategically in negotiation.
• To assist Customer Care Team in resolution of sales related issues on behalf of the manager
• Business development of focus accounts, including quoting, sample follow up and telesales.  This also involves some cold calling.

If you have the relevant skills and experience for this role, please apply.