Partnership Sales Executive
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Midlands
- Salary
- £22000 - £28000 per annum + company car or car allowance + commission
- Closing date
- 9 Jun 2017
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a growing company in the sporting industry as a Partnership Sales Executive. Office based in the East Midlands, you will be responsible for building relationships and striking up new partnerships with large national clients in order to drive growth within the business.
Client Details
Based in the East Midlands and within the sporting industry; our client offers a brilliant environment with a strong team culture, great training, ongoing support and progression.
Description
As the Partnership Sales Executive you will become an integral part of the Partnership Sales Team, where you will be required to build, grow and develop your portfolio of corporate, blue chip clients alongside prospecting and securing new business wins. The role will be a mixture of telesales and networking with clients on a face to face basis. The business requires an individual who is ambitious but also has a consultative and educational selling style.
Responsibilities of the Partnership Sales Executive will include but are not limited to:
- Develop & grow the sponsorship portfolio consisting of major blue chip key accounts
- Identify brands to align with the business - prospect and secure new partnerships
- Work not only with external stakeholders but also cross-functionally with internal stakeholders in the business
- Reaching and exceeding monthly & annual sales targets
- Meeting with key clients on a monthly basis to deliver new opportunities and nurture existing business
- Promote and represent the business in a professional and competent manner
Profile
Key skills and experience required:
- Experienced within sales and account management
- Ideally 2 years minimum B2B sales experience
- Experience of working on the telephone & meeting with clients face to face
- Experience within the Sponsorship & Partnership Industry would be highly advantageous
- Proven track record of success in a targeted environment
- Able to work to a high standard under pressure
- A passionate, enthusiastic and driven approach
- Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal, networking and relationship building skills are essential in this role
- Self motivated and able to work on your own initiative
- Capable of adapting and communicating at different levels, both internally and externally with key stakeholders
- Full, clean UK driving license
Job Offer
- Basic salary of £22k - £28k (dependant on experience)
- Commission
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension
- 24 days holiday
- Phone & laptop
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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