Energy Sales Consultant

**Job Title**:Energy Consultant

**Location**:Manchester (Spinningfields)

**Reporting to**:Sales Team Leader

**Salary Package/benefits**:£23,000 - £25000 Basic withoutstanding** commission**(OTE £50,000 to £60,000)

Pension Scheme - Following a qualifying period of 3 month’s continuous

employment.

Group Life Insurance Scheme - Following a qualifying period 12month’s

continuous employment.

20 days holiday entitlement plus 8 public/bank holidays.

**About Utility Bidder**:
We're a people-oriented business founded in 2009 enabling business customers to rapidly compare and switch to better energy deals.We use our network of leading energy suppliers to bring the best possible deals to our customers.Our offices based within Corby and Manchester are lively and fun environments where we enjoy working together - there is rarely a dull moment.

**Job Purpose**:
You will be reporting to the Sales Team Leader, working in a fun and lively sales team, that provides a consultative sales approach to effectively promote Utility Bidders services, you will need to understand and assess the customer needs and provide appropriate solutions, including the ability to provide accurate written quotations and summaries for customers, whilst providing efficient account management to maintain customer relationships using our Salesforce CRM platform.

**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Outbound calling to existing and new SME customers, using effective account management to create and sustain client/customer relationships
- Working your data pot and organising telephony appointments
- Understand and assess your customer’s needs and provide appropriate solutions, including the ability to provide accurate written quotations and summaries
- Following scripts and compliance procedures
- Managing customer’s expectations and respond to follow up calls and action returns in an efficient time frame
- Closing contracts in a highly professional manner and maintaining the CRM database
- Liaising with energy suppliers for the best tariffs
- Processing sales with a high degree of accuracy to varying supplier criteria.

**Skills and Qualification Requirements**
- Previous Energy Sector Experience
- You will have proven B2B sales experience with a demonstrated ability to hit and exceed set targets
- Excellent written and verbal communication;
- An ability to build and maintain an excellent rapport with customers
- IT literate and able to use computer systems, such as Microsoft Office
- You will be emotionally resilient and be able to work in a high-pressure environment
- Have energy and enthusiasm, with a drive to grow as an individual and as a team.

The post holder must be resourceful, have strong personal motivational skills, be a relationship builder with excellent communications skills; incorporating an involved approach with the determination to succeed and have the aptitude to react quickly to given situations. The capacity to interact at all levels with the willingness to be flexible is essential to success in this role.The post holder must have an approachable and open nature to ensure ‘buy-in’ to the Sales function is consistent across the Company.

In general, the post holder should be of smart, presentable appearance and must feel comfortable working in a high pressure, ever-changing and customer driven environment. The post holder should be highly committed and be able to seek improvement continually. The post holder should have the ability to develop beyond this role and respond positively to growth within the Company.

**Our Values**

We are **#TeamUB** as demonstrated in our internal core values:
**T** - Every individual is talented; we will build on these talents to become the best.

**E** - We don’t just ‘do a job’, we believe in what we do, and we are passionate about our work.

**A** - Right first time, every time by taking ownership and accountability.

**M** - Incentivised, supported and trained to meet and exceed targets.

**U** - We all work together towards the same goal. All individuals, all departments, all locations.

**B** - we work hard, and we play hard - achieving results and rewards, whilst maintaining high standards of professionalism.