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Telemarketing Executive - Office Based

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Based: Sapphire HQ London - City

Reports to: Marketing Manager

Start Date: ASAP

Apply for this job: recruitment@sapphiresystems.co.uk 

 

Job Purpose:

 

Achieve monthly target for generating sales opportunities and appointments for the business development team. Approximately 80% of calling activity is outbound new business lead generation.

 

Career Path:

 

Sapphire is a high growth company and the opportunity exists for an ambitious, self-motivated candidate who is interested in progressing into a career in IT Software Sales.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

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Generate sales opportunities through outbound telephone calls, working from lists / databases that Sapphire have or buy in.

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Develop and maintain a high level of understanding of Sapphire’s value proposition and be able to talk about these in the context of the prospect’s / client’s requirement

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Work to develop lists / database of prospects to whom Sapphire can promote their products and services

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Work on specific campaigns and activities as requested to generate sales opportunities and(or) appointments for members of the business development team

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Cross sell and up sell the complete range of our products and capabilities

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Gain knowledge of the competitive landscape and use this to Sapphire’s advantage

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Engage constructively with the marketing department to develop campaign plans to generate sales opportunities

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Attend exhibitions and events as required to by the Sales Director

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Keep the CRM system up to date with all details of prospects, customers, contacts, sales activity and customer feedback

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Keep the diary system up to date with all activities in or out of the office

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Follow up all sales opportunities and call backs within the agreed target times

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Attend and contribute constructively to sales / marketing meetings

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At all times respond to a prospects / client’s requests in a courteous and timely manner

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Bring to the attention of the relevant manager / director any client satisfaction issues that are likely to result in a client complaint or are the subject of a client complaint

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To carry out additional duties as may occur from time to time as instructed and agreed by the Sales Director

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Represent Sapphire in a professional and positive manner at all times and ensure a first class prospect / client experience


Key Personal Attributes:

 

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Desire to succeed and enjoys uncovering opportunities

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Articulate in speech and conversation

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Persuasive, persistent yet friendly and personable

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Dynamic, confident self-starter

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Desire to be part of a winning team

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Willing to stay the course

 

Experience:

 

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Worked in a challenging telesales environment for at least 1 year

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Preferred experience in the IT sector promoting business solutions or similar

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Can articulate a relatively technical proposition i.e. how can XYZ business solution benefit a prospect

 

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