Business Development Exeutive

Description:

Yolk Recruitment are working on behalf of a leading education provider to recruit for Business Development Executives. You will be working for one of the largest coaching and training organisations that operate all across the UK from their head office near Cardiff City Centre.

You will be using an extensive database to contact new and lapsed customers to build relationships to generate business. Contacting healthcare providers across the UK, you will be using a consultative sales approach to understand their training and coaching needs and discuss with them the best option for their business.

This company are one of the leading providers across the UK and are extremely well known. There is a clear progression plan from the beginning, as you grow your client base you will manage those accounts.

To start with, this role will be office based, after a successful induction and probation period, you will then have the option to work from home.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone either with sales experience or looking for their first sales role.

What are the responsibilities?

• Make outbound call to prospective clients, understanding their business and the training/ coaching needs
• Manage an existing database of contacts and increase pipeline
• As you bring on new accounts, manage and grow those accounts - upselling and cross selling where needed
• Meet all sales targets/ KPI's, reporting regularly into the Head of Sales

What are the skills/ experience needed?

To be a successful Business Development Executive you will need the confidence and ability to build relationships with anyone!

• Experience in sales/ customer service / hospitality or graduate looking for your first sales role
• Confidence to talk to people no matter who they are
• Excellent listening skills - be able to listen to what people are saying and absorb that content
• Self-motivated and able to "get going" without prompting
• Attention to detail and pride in their work
• Resilience!