Excellent opportunity for a driven, passionate and self-motivated Signage Sales Professional to join a well-established company based in Kingston
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum base with a realistic OTE £55,000 per annum with top sales professionals achieving in excess of £70,000 per annum (uncapped commission + car allowance)
Responsible for generating sales activities, the sales professional will implement an agreed Sales Plan which will meet both personal and business goals of expanding the customer base in the marketing area. You will work with the centres management and support teams to achieve and maintain established high levels of customer satisfaction and revenue generation, in line with company vision and values.
Duties include:
- Develop an annual sales plan to achieve personal sales targets.
- Conduct research into target industries
- Periodically conduct competitor analysis and market research
- Identify and target prospects
- Attend sales meetings with clients to identify their needs and provide recommendations for signage and graphics solutions
- Create and follow up estimates
- Keep a record of prospecting activity
- Sell consultatively and make recommendations to prospects of products that will suit their needs
- Prepare sales presentations
- Develop and maintain a database of qualified prospects
- Follow up on new prospects and referrals resulting from telephone, marketing and field activity.
- Develop a complete understanding of the signage and graphics industry, pricing and proposal models
- Complete all paperwork and follow established centre procedures throughout each project (i.e., Work Order, credit approvals, POS entry, pre-payment collection, artwork approval, delinquent account collection, reporting).
- Prepare status reports, including activity, closings, follow-up, and adherence to goals for weekly sales meetings.
- Assists in the implementation of company marketing plans as needed.
- Identify and resolve customer satisfaction issues.
- Establish and maintain effective team relationships with all support departments.
- Answer telephone calls and emails
- Participate in networking and marketing events such as seminars, referral groups, trade shows, and telemarketing programs.
- Assist in the collection of account receivables.
Essential attributes:
The right attitude to learn, succeeded and become a valued member of our team
Prior experience in sales in the signage (or similar related) industry
Opportunities:
You will become a valued member of a close-knit team with the opportunity to attend company hosted, network wide, Outside Sales Professionals development programmes, giving you the opportunity for peer to peer learning and self-development opportunities. The company strongly feel that hard work and successes should be rewarded; they run annual awards celebrations to recognise high achievers within the network. They encourage and assist in growth and development within each of their employees' roles, to help them progress within the business.
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. The employer welcomes applications from all candidates who match their requirements and their decision for employment will be based purely on your skills/qualifications.
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