Telemarketing Executive

Job Description

Telemarketing Executive

Salary: £27,000 + OTE + Excellent Benefits

Location: Brighton – This is an office based position.

Lloyd Recruitment Services are delighted to be recruiting for one of our longest standing clients, an FTSE 250 organisation, is keen to recruit a Telemarketing Executive to be responsible for generating qualified sales opportunities/meetings with SME's for field based Sales Consultants, and provide support developing the relationship moving forward.

The client is a leading UK organisation that has been established for over 100 years. They are highly reputed, staff focused organisation that offer a comprehensive benefits package and excellent career development potential. They offer a professional, friendly, corporate working environment.

With a basic salary of up to £27,000 and a realistic OTE of c. £32k – £34k in your first year, and c. £40k – £42k + in following years, with the bonus potential being uncapped. The client also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes 25 days holiday (plus your birthday off!), generous pension, life insurance, private medical insurance, dental plan, plus much, much more!

The Telemarketing Executive is key in driving directly generated income for the business, and as such is a critical role in the overall sales process. Targeting key businesses within their customer demographic and engaging with high level decision makers to gain their interest in their product offerings. Working closely with our Sales Managers, the Telemarketing Executive will book prospect meetings and support in developing the business relationship moving forward.

Contact from the Telemarketing Executive is often the first time the prospect has been spoken to so ensuring a highly professional service is delivered is key. Through their marketing activity they also receive enquires via both digital platforms and telephone calls directly to the Support Team. The Telemarketing Executive will also be responsible for qualifying inbound enquires and passing on to the Sales Managers where appropriate. Working from their contemporary Brighton office, you will be supported by a highly experience team to help develop the knowledge and skillset needed to achieve the KPI's.

Main Responsibilities

Consistently provide excellent telemarketing to generate new business appointments for the Sales Team
Work to high volume call and duration targets
Build productive and trusting relationships with prospects, and act as a Brand Champion
Qualification of inbound telephone and digital enquiries and conversion into qualified sales leads
Build and maintain the company's contact management database/CRM platform 'Goldmine' according to sales pipeline and marketing campaign reporting demands
Co-ordinate new business meetings with the Sales Directors
Manage and maintain lead referrals through the Sales Pipeline
Work with the wider Marketing Team to follow up on tactical campaigns
Effective planning of time and tasks to ensure monthly sales and calling targets are achieved

About you

It is essential that applicants have previous outbound telesales experience within a B2B environment. This is a high volume, outbound calling role but should not be mistaken for the average telesales role. This is a professional; Telemarketing Executive opportunity and requires someone of suitable experience and calibre.

A financial services or professional services background could be advantageous however by no means essential, the main requirement is the ability to communicate and build relationships with senior contacts within SME's.

Previous outbound business to business telesales experience
Experience of using a CRM system
Ability to demonstrate telephone sales techniques
Experience in customer services environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to build relationships with high level decision makers

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