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Sales Development Lead (Internal Sales)
Location: Reading
Package: Basic salary up to £23,000 (commensurate with experience)
with uncapped commission & bonus scheme (Realistic 1st year OTE £30k+)
Plus excellent PLC benefits
Sector: Packaging solutions
The Company
We, the UK’s largest packaging distributor have an exciting opportunity for an experienced internal sales professional to join our team based in Reading. We are a committed equal opportunities employer that champions ‘dignity in the workplace’. Our focus is to provide customers with fully integrated and innovative packaging solutions, augmented by outstanding customer service. Appointing and nurturing sales talent across our business is key to our continued growth.
Sales Development Lead Role
Working as an integral part of the local team, your responsibilities and core duties shall include…
- Making outbound calls to help identify & engage with prospective new customers
- Routinely calling lapsed accounts to help win customer renewals
- Leading on account development activity to achieve up-sell/cross-sell opportunities
- Orchestrating and participating in a range of promotional campaigns & sales days/events
- Working closely in partnership with all site departments to ensure sales & profitability optimisation across all sales territories
- Maintaining high standards of administration & CRM system updates at all times
- Working effectively to achieve set sales activity & commercial targets
- Develop a sound working knowledge over time of our extensive product range and customer solutions
Do you have the correct profile?
In order to apply for this opportunity, you will ideally be able to demonstrate experience with the majority of the below…
- Able to demonstrate previous success operating within a similar B2B internal/ inside (phone based) sales role
- Be familiar and comfortable with (and motivated by) working to set sales activity & commercial targets, a self-starter who enjoys the challenge that sales presents
- A proven ability to use your charisma, communication skills and interpersonal skills to actively win business and generate/attract new customers and increase revenues
- A good level of proficiency in mathematics, English (written & verbal) combined with sound computer literacy (including Outlook email, MS Word/Excel & preferably previous experience of using a CRM system)
- An ability to multi-task and prioritise own workload and thrive working within a small office team environment
- As this is a ‘development’ role, you may also have future ambitions to one day move into field sales (not essential but advantageous)
The Package
We offer an attractive basic starting salary (commensurate with experience) along with an attractive performance/profit linked bonus scheme and a flexible employee benefits scheme that includes: 25 days annual leave (rising up to 27 days with service plus all bank holidays), additional holiday purchasing scheme, contributory pension & employee discount scheme. Macfarlane Group is also dedicated to maximising every employee’s potential, by providing career development plans and pathways in an environment that fosters personal growth and continuous improvement.
Next Steps
This is a key appointment whereby we will be working to identify and review the very best of applicants swiftly in the hope of selecting our favoured candidate to commence with us ASAP. To make an application please simply click ‘apply’ ensuring that your CV is up to date and relevant. All applications will be acknowledged, shortlisted applicants normally hearing from us within a week or two. Unsuccessful applicants will also be notified at the end of our process, although if you haven’t heard from us within a fortnight of applying, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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