Sales Development Executive

Job Location	Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St. Mary
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	24,000 - 26,000 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time or part-time

Job Description

Kloeckner Metals UK Limited (Kloeckner) is the UK subsidiary of the German listed, market-leading, 6.3bn turnover, 8,600 employee, global steel trading and distribution group based in Duisburg, Germany.The UK business, headquartered in Leeds, operates out of 11 principal locations, employs circa 700 staffBased at our site in Exeter but working in a hybrid role we are looking for a Sales Development Executive. The role will involve travel to our Exeter office occasionaly and will involve working both from the office and at home so we are welcoming applicationsfrom candidates that also live further afield to our Exeter office.The main purpose of the job is to:

Maximise selling opportunities and ensure targets are achieved.
Be the first point of contact for day to day customers and prospects.
Pro-actively seek and pursue new business.
Provide internal office support to External Sales team.

Key Responsibilities:

Identify credit worthy new customers.
Produce a programme of sales calls, both promotional and cold calls. Ensure contact with customers and prospects meet agreed targets.
Build a positive relationship with customers to identify their needs and improve customer purchase frequency.
Monitor active/dormant/potential conversion ratios and continually improve upon these.
Responsible for quality and upkeep of customer database/records/reports.
Liaise with the Sales Manager and External Sales to ensure targets are achieved.
Provide quotations and refreshed prices to customers, and ensure that these are followed up.
Forward any QM (none conforming system) and payment queries to the Sales Manager.
Ensure all sales enquiries are inputted into the KliCC system.
Checking stock and raise customer orders in line with Kloeckner Metals UK site capabilities (lead-time, stock level, processing capacity etc.).
Embrace and implement CLEAR sales training content.

The Company and Benefits:Kloeckner Metals are one of the largest stockholder & distributor in its field in the UK and Ireland, and a key member of the larger parent group. We are also one of the leading service centre companies in the European and American markets combined.We have invested over £15 million in processing equipment over the last few years putting us at the forefront of the metal processing industry.As well as a competitive salary we also offer an attractive benefits package which include:

Attractive Salary
Contributory Pension
25 days holiday + Stats
Long Service Awards, Anniversary, & Reward schemes
Company Bonus Scheme
Cycle to Work Schemes
Salary sacrifice for Car Leasing
Cash Cards & Discount cards for shops and restaurants
Employee Assistance Programme - available to employees and immediate family
Health Screens
Gym & Health Club discounts

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