Business Development Executive

Adecco ,
Blackpool, Lancashire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20,000 per annum

Overview

Adecco have an amazing opportunity for the chance to work for an Energy Company in Blackpool who are looking to grow their team and welcome experienced Business Development Executives to the company. This role involves the introduction of a range of energy cost reduction and sustainable energy products to large commercial energy consumers, in order to book meetings with high level executive contacts. Key responsibilities Qualify prospects and generate leads To arrange initial and subsequent meetings for the sales team, promoting our product offering To complete all paperwork to the required standard, ensuring smooth communication to sales and operations To ensure CRM is updated correctly To promote the brand to customers and prospects through effective use of marketing literature To maximise the potential for appointments by contacting the appropriate people in all events To ensure appointments are made of high quality and meet the standard required To consistently achieve monthly appointments, KPI's and annual sales targets To encourage team motivation and play an active role in achieving team targets Highlight opportunities for business development and research To prioritise appointment making according to the business requirements Collect and record information of prospects using websites, cold calling and any other appropriate method. Essential experience required Experience in telesales environment Experience working with B2B customers in a mid-market and corporate markets Have a positive and tenacious attitude Strong commercial awareness Be able to actively listen Proactive and self-motivated Good IT Skills First rate interpersonal skills Desirable Demonstrate evidence of hitting targets in a business development/telesales environment Energy consultancy services or energy supply experience preferred Company benefits 4pm Friday finish Relaxed dress code Opportunity for career progression with a privately-owned business Continuous professional development with formal external training Company summer day out 2x Christmas parties Additional holiday entitlement to cover Christmas season Performance bonus Monthly & quarterly team awards Salary - £20-25k basic OTE £35-40k (best performers achieve £50k) Working hours are Mon - Thurs 9am-5pm and Fri - 9am-4pm Holidays - holiday entitlement is 22 days plus the 8 normal bank/public holidays. Holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day with every year of service until the full entitlement of 25 days per annum. Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy