Pro- Active Sales Coordinator

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Pro-Active Sales Coordinator to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

Pro-actively generate new sales, utilising event perfect, previous clients, and non converted enquiries to develop new business
Think creatively and generate new ideas to develop the business and grow sales
Assist in the development of the Unit Sales & Marketing Strategy
Action contingency plans to ensure budget is met.
Explore opportunities to develop business with local sodexo clients
Build and enhance long term client relationships to enhance the retention of current clients and customers
Achieve a minimum of 150 new business and service telephone calls per week
Achieve 5 appointments per week for sales manager
Send out marketing collateral
Assist the Area Sales Manager to conduct market research
Field based sales activity
Any other ad hoc duties
Call and appointment targets are met and exceeded
Profitable sales for the business are made
Communication with clients internally and externally is clear and effective
The sales budget is achieved or exceeded
Enquiries are followed up within 3 hours and chased within 3 days and show rounds are booked
Marketing collateral is collated and distributed in a timely manner

The Ideal Candidate

Previous Telesales experience
Good attention to detail
Negotiation techniques to create Win Win scenarios
Excellent time management
Professional telephone manner
Smart appearance
Basic knowledge of Microsoft applications
Analysis and decision making
Catering Industry Knowledge
Understanding of the competition
Previous experience within C&B sales
Understanding of the market place and Industry cycles and trends

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Salary	£7.05 - £7.50
Frequency	Hourly
Job Reference	SDX/TP/206006/31190
Contract Type	Fixed Term – Part Time
Closing Date	27 October, 2017
Job Category	Sales/Business Development
Business Unit	UK Sodexo Live
Location	Newcastle United Football Club, England
Posted on	27 September, 2017

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