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Sales Executive Grad

Grafton Recruitment
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 6JZ, England

Salary

£28 per hour

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Sales Executive position is located in St Albans and offers a salary of up to £28,000.
  • Grafton Recruitment seeks a graduate to develop new business opportunities in market research and consumer behavior.
  • Candidates should have sales or customer service experience, along with a degree or equivalent education.
  • Key responsibilities include cold calling, account management, and collaborating with the research team to exceed sales targets.
  • The role requires good administrative, numerical, and IT skills, along with experience in client negotiations.

Sales Executive Location: St AlbansSalary: up to £28kHours: Mon-FriGrafton Recruitment are looking for a graduate Sales Executive to gain new business in and around St Albans for a business that specialises in market research and consumer attitudes and behaviour. This is an excellent opportunity for somebody to kick start their career within sales.Duties and responsibilities

  • Identifying new business opportunities by presenting the value of the companies offerings (both syndicated and consulting) to prospective clients
  • Understanding the client's business information needs across a range of business functions, including competitive intelligence, product marketing and market research
  • Managing the initial process of cold calling to booking in a demo for a senior to take over
  • Account Management
  • Drafting and sending appropriate sales correspondence
  • Follow up calls
  • Managing sales process through to closure
  • Exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets
  • Collaborating with the research team to identify new sales campaign messaging
  • Providing input on new product development projects (voice of the customer)
  • Building great rapport and valuable working relationships within the industry and potential clients

You will need:

  • Sales and/or customer service experience
  • Degree level or equivalent level of education
  • Experience of negotiating with clients and suppliers.
  • Key account management experience with proven success of developing relationships.
  • Good administrative skills.
  • Good numerical skills.
  • Good IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

If you meet the above criteria, please apply directly by clicking the link or contact Chloe Sims on /

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.