Area Sales Executive

We are looking to recruit an Area Sales Executive based at our Leeds hub to take ownership of customer account management within a geographical territory and who is comfortable dealing at all levels of the customer hierarchy. Your key responsibility will be to ensure the customer retention activity is followed with a view to increasing the profitability of each account. A high number of canvassing calls will be required to generate, qualify and develop new and existing accounts for the business.

The position is office based with a key focus on managing the customer contact strategy via telephone and you will work closely with Sales Management to achieve targets in line with company objectives.

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience of working in a sales environment is advantageous
• Experience of making high levels of outbound calls
• Excellent oral and communication skills
• Excellent influencing and negotiation ability
• Highly motivated and ability to work as part of a dynamic sales team
• High attention to detail and target driven
• Self-motivated, career minded and committed to hitting deadlines
• First class relationship building skills, both internally and externally
• Ability to provide clear and concise reporting
• Assertiveness, resilience, persistence and a tenacious attitude
• IT literate to include Excel and Outlook
• A driving license is essential

The role would be ideally suited for someone who is looking to progress their career into a field based sales role in the future.