Business Development Executive

We are looking to recruit a Business Development Executive to acquire new clients/contacts to sell the benefits of our client's products and services.

Business Development Executive Benefits:

• Salary: Basic salary: £25,000 + uncapped Commission plan
• Laptop and Mobile Phone
• Location: Sheffield, S13 - fully office based role
• Working Hours - Monday - Friday 8.30am - 16.30pm
• Holidays: 20 days + stats
• Pension
• This position provides an opportunity for career progression

Business Development Executive Responsibilities:

• Results driven
• Money motivated
• Confident and outgoing
• Excellent verbal communication, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working with a CRM system
• Willingness to continually develop sales skills, strategies, and techniques.
• Develop New Business accounts and Up/Cross Selling Skills.
• The ability to work on your own initiative.
• Customer service and rapport building skills.
• Flexibility and open-mindedness.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and able to work well with others.
• Adhere to training given by Sales Manager/s.

Business Development Executive Skills:

• Professional
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Ability to use your own initiative
• Works well under pressure
• Creativity
• Tenacious
• Flexibility
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Team player
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Oral and written skills
• Business acumen
• Excellent IT literacy

Business Development Executive Criteria:

• Previous experience in a similar sales role/capacity
• Confident on the telephone as well as face-to-face
• Can demonstrate a proactive and positive attitude to sales
• Results driven
• Has a proven sales qualification process and can manage a number of opportunities and a sales pipeline
• Effective planning and project management processes
• Capability to craft well written and oral proposals

Pro-Found Recruitment are an employment business and equal opportunities employer.