Assistant Sales Manager

1 week ago


Preston, United Kingdom BES Group Full time
The BES Group are the leading end to end solution provider in the Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance sector. Our team of experts cover an extensive range of engineering services.

We’ve gone from strength to strength over recent years, welcoming the very best risk management businesses to our Group. As a result, we’ve grown both our team of experts and our suite of solutions in line with our customer’s needs. We’re private equity backed, which means we have the flexibility and support to move quickly and grow faster than any other company in our industry. We’re innovative and forward thinking and have the awards to prove it, but most of all we’re focused on helping make sure our customers leave nothing to chance.

Due to continued business growth, we are hiring an Assistant Sales Manager to help lead our Electrical Sales teams. This could be the perfect next step in your Business Development career or that the opportunity to move into a leadership role.

Who we work with is everything to us, our relationships with customers really matters. We love working with people who think like we do and as an Assistant Sales Manager you will support the delivery of the perfect transaction to both internal and external customers. You will be high performing from a sales perspective and a dedicated leader across the group sales function, ensuring optimal delivery and performance within the team.

For this role, you must be able to get into our Electrical head office in Preston, full time.

What will I be doing?

The role will involve interacting with customers across our global client portfolio. You will proactively identify ways to improve our customer experience. You will be recognised internally and externally for your technical skills and knowledge, other responsibilities will include:

Effectively leading and managing the sales team
Monitoring the performance of the sales team through KPI metrics
Owning and taking accountability for dealing with customer queries within your portfolio of contracts through to resolution within your levels of authority
Collate, update and maintain market and competitors' activities on a monthly basis
Interpret market trends and developments
Chairing weekly sales team meetings
Manage budgets to ensure efficient use of resources
Plan and organise sales campaigns and promotions
Review client feedback to improve on our client service delivery
Develop systems knowledge and understanding to deliver the highest quality of customer service
Using your influencing and negotiation skills to generate leads/business opportunities to support our strategy and expand client relationships
Managing customer interactions in an efficient, courteous, and timely manner to achieve a high standard of customer satisfaction
Managing customer expectations while proactively identifying and pursuing up-sell and cross-sell opportunities
Planning and managing your own workload, considering changes in customer priorities
Adapting quickly to change in volume of demand, operating process and technologies
Performing all duties of the Sales Manager in cases of absence or emergency

What makes BES Group a great place to work?

Our people and our customers come before everything else and that will never change. Knowing we always do the best job we can with absolutely no compromise means everything to us.

If you work for us, you will get the below and, so much more:

Salary of £40,000 (dependent on experience)
Sales incentive plan - opportunity to earn on top of your salary
A comprehensive training programme
£5500 car allowance
Opportunities for progression
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
A day to celebrate just you, with your birthday off
The support of a superb employee assistance programme
Up to 10% pension
The option to buy and sell holidays
Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Opportunities to attend volunteer days
Company contribution to charity fundraising you participate in; we want to support charities you are passionate about
Employee Suggestion programme; because we value input from everyone in the BES Group

What experience do I need?

Our team consists of the best sales people, you will be results focused, ensuring both you and your team meet all targets through growth, pricing, retention, training, and additional services. Data and technology will be at the forefront of your decision-making process enabling higher performance, and better service. You will demonstrate customer obsession, developing effective relationships with internal and external customers to support in the positive growth of business.

You will:

Be customer obsessed with a focus on building effective and sustainable customer relationships
Offer solid sales experience, with enhanced knowledge and experience of effective sales techniques, negotiation, and delivery skills
Be considerate of others and passionate about leading and developing a successful team
Be results driven- understanding the importance of target delivery and supporting the team in achieving this
Have a thorough understanding of BES Group, our disciplines, services and offerings
Use data and technology to support growth and positive service
Be focused on the perfect transaction
Do what you say you will do; Talk to anyone in our team from engineers to our back office team and we’re always open and honest
Be reliable; There’s something about being dependable that we all think matters
Previous management and team leader experience desired

Next Steps

To apply for this role, simply click “Apply”. We ask for some basic contact information and a CV or your LinkedIn profile, it’s that easy Please keep in mind, successful candidates will be required to complete the relevant background checks as part of the recruitment process.

We want to inspire everyone to see how important safety is and we expect the same from our people. And if you’re on the same page as us about that and you’ve got the right skills, experience and attitude, you’ll fit right in. Simple. We’re all about diversity and inclusion and that means we want our people to be themselves. We’re delighted to be an equal opportunities employer and that will never change

BES Group, Your Safety, Our Focus.

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