Business Development/Sales Executive

The Company - is a dynamic, friendly, publishing business, established in 2005, which sells subscriptions to its unique business information service. The company is organised and managed from Nottingham, East Midlands. Most staff work from home, but are part of a close knit team that meets regularly. The company is growing rapidly, with subscribers to its services across the UK, and is now entering an exciting phase of expansion.

The service - is principally used by companies, including major blue-chip organisations, which provide business products and services. They use the service to identify new business opportunities, monitor competitor activity and to keep up to date with general business information.

The Role – We are looking for a confident, experienced Business Development person, with experience in B2B sales, to work in conjunction with the Sales Director in following up a constant flow of warm leads, carrying out demonstrations of the service, building relationships and closing deals. You will also deal with our existing clients to secure renewals. There is an administrative element to the role as you will need to keep records of contact and schedule follow ups.

Requirements

Key qualities required are:

• Sales experience in a B2B environment
• Confident IT skills, including use of the internet and word processing
• Highly organised
• Professional and friendly manner
• Well spoken
• Ability to communicate clearly on the telephone and in writing
• Good standard of English – grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Ability to work unsupervised and use initiative
• Self motivated and disciplined

You will need a computer and broadband access, and a suitable area at home in which to work.

Terms and conditions

The position will be home based, with regular meetings in Nottingham.

You will be fully briefed and equipped with all relevant background information.

As this is a new role, the remuneration will be a basic salary of circa £5 per hour with 10% commission on all new business in addition, giving realistic earnings of c£2000 per month. Relevant expenses will also be paid. We will provide an average of 10 -15 warm leads a day. Typical sale value is £3000.