Job Description
Telephone Sales Advisor
Lincoln - parking on site
£good basic plus Commission, and incentives
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
About us
Winner of the Investors in Sales 2023 and Winner of the PrintIT Awards for Employee Experience 2021, Apogee Corporation provide Managed Workplace, Managed Print and Managed IT Services with Europe's Largest Multi-Brand solution. As an independent subsidiary of HP Inc, we have the advantage of being part of one of the world’s leading technology companies, with instant access to the latest innovation all supported by our market leading service operations.
We are committed to our sustainability objectives and are involved in frequent community and charity initiatives to support our vision. We are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion with a culture of originality. Our recent investment of £250,000 in employee training and development highlights our commitment to investing in enhancing the skills, knowledge, and experience of our employees.
Our culture allows you to innovate and develop your career with the support of an expanding corporate and progressive organisation. We are looking for inspiring and pioneering individuals, who want to make a difference in their careers as well as in the world around them. We are proud of all our employees, who are at the heart of what we do. If you become part of our journey, everything is possible, and the opportunities are
Purpose
Working in a friendly and exciting sales team as the New Business Telesales Executive your role is to arrange appointments and build relationships with potential new business clients for our Commercial account management team across the UK.
Your role involves using a variety of methods to contact key stakeholders within these businesses in order to make them aware of what Apogee can offer them in the near future. Much of your time will be working with new business leads and turning it into useful information the company can use to grow its customer base.
You will be tenacious and curious in your approach by asking questions to uncover what technology these clients are currently using, whether it meets their needs, and what potentially we could help them with in the future.
You will use our own custom-made CRM system (Radius) to log all your activity and progress with each customer, recording all information gathered accurately and in a timely manner. You will communicate with our account management team on a weekly basis with regards to your progress within their geographical area
·You will be responsible for contacting potential new customers across the UK and building relationships with key decision makers
·Dealing with a commercial base within the UK & arranging appointments for our successful account management team
·Delivering a conversation on our range of products and services on the phone when applicable (full product and service training provided)
·Completing tasks and projects assigned within time frames set
·Providing quality customer service at all time
·Feeding back to the line manager with an accurate overview of the data that is supplied
Experience & Skills Required
No real experience is required other than having great customer services skills and a great personality, have a strong drive and passion and love dealing with people, then we can train on the rest!
·You will be naturally curious, tenacious with a confident approach and love talking to people
·Great attention to detail with high levels of accuracy
·Passionate about your own learning and development
·Experienced with CRM systems & is skilled in Microsoft office applications especially excel
·Demonstrable skills for using LinkedIn to connect with potential customers
·A strong team player
Apply now for consideration....
Benefits
· 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
· Holiday purchase scheme
· Pension scheme
· Advanced family friendly benefits
· Flexible working
· HP and EE Employee Discount Programmes
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Cycle2work scheme
· Access to Apogee Learning Academy
· 2 days off per year for voluntary work
· Discounted Gym Membership
Please take the time to look at our excellent Glassdoor and Trustpilot reviews.
Apogee Corporation is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants and are open to considering flexible working options.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Paid volunteer time
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: LB Sales Executive