Position: Sales Executive
Salary: up to £27,000 + commission
Hours: Full-Time
Location: Leicester
We’re working with a Leicester-based professional services business looking to add a Sales Executive to their growing commercial team.
This is an entry-level opportunity suited to someone confident on the phone, motivated by targets, and keen to start or develop a career in sales. You’ll be the first point of contact for prospective clients, helping to generate new business opportunities and supporting the wider sales team.
What’s on offer
- Competitive annual leave allowance plus UK bank holidays
- Pension contribution
- Life assurance cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to an employee benefits and discount platform
- Free on-site parking
Key responsibilities
As a Sales Executive, you’ll play a key role in driving growth by identifying potential clients and connecting them with the right people internally.
- Making outbound calls to business prospects to introduce the company’s services
- Qualifying leads and booking appointments for sales consultants
- Following up on marketing campaigns and inbound enquiries
- Accurately recording all interactions within the CRM system
- Working closely with sales and marketing teams to refine outreach and messaging
- Working towards and exceeding daily and weekly performance targets
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
- Confident, clear and professional communication skills over the phone
- Resilience and motivation, with the ability to handle objections and work towards targets
- Strong organisational skills, able to manage call lists, follow-ups and CRM updates
- A team-focused approach with a positive attitude
- Adaptability, with the ability to tailor conversations based on client needs
If you’d like to find out more about this opportunity and the business behind it, get in touch for a confidential conversation. Apply today by contacting Sophie on 01733 306030 or email sophie@coulterelite.co.uk
Coulter Elite Resourcing is an independent recruitment consultancy with a head office in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, supplying permanent, temporary, and contract personnel from office junior through to the highest levels of management both locally and nationally. Our areas of recruitment are Commercial, FMCG, Engineering, Technical, and IT. We endeavour to reply to every application we receive, however, due to the volume of applications sometimes we are unable to do this. If you have not heard back from us within 7 days of your application, please accept our apologies that you have on this occasion been unsuccessful.