Business Development Administrator
Part time - 20 hrs p/w – Mon-Fri
Warrington
c£20K (pro-rata) + bonus and benefits
The company is a successful, well established medium sized business based near Gemini Retail Park in Warrington. The business designs, produces and installs labelling and integrated safety solutions for the logistics and manufacturing sectors. The key products are Warehouse ID, Line Marking, Barriers and Safety Netting. In addition to having ISO 9001 and Investors in People accreditations, their culture is built around 4 core values of Trusted Communication, Accountability, Positive Attitude and Exceeding Expectations. The environment is fast-paced and they are looking for an enthusiastic, positive person to join their internal sales team. Full training will be provided in their products, systems and processes.
Responsibilities will include:
- Reporting to the Business Development Executive & Sales Director
- Supporting the sales team and business to create new business opportunities
- Generating new business leads using planning application tools such as Barbour ABI and Protel.
- Updating the CRM system with new leads and relevant contacts
- Creating Project folders within SharePoint with relevant drawings and planning data.
- Gain an understanding of the overall product range and develop opportunities with customers to upsell/cross-sell other products.
- Liaising with Business Development Executive, Sales Director and Managing Director to generate customer leads by collecting relevant contacts through LinkedIn and website traffic (using Lead Forensics)
- Creating folders for large customer projects when required by the external sales team.
- Contacting prospective and existing customers to establish current requirements.
Whilst it is important that you are competent in the key areas described below, they are also just as interested in your potential and drive to contribute to the team culture that exists within the business.
- Experience in a sales/administration environment with above average practical skills and used to working with CRM / Social Media systems
- Able to use initiative and aptitude and with a good eye for detail to work things out, deal with issues and solve problems
- High level of self-motivation, diligent, willing to get stuck in to get the job done
- A real commitment to “getting it right first time” and a willingness to develop, learn and progress
- Works as part of a team, shares credit, more interested in the collective success of the team than in personal achievement
- Empathy; understands the dynamics of working with people, self-aware, helps colleagues out in order to get the job done
- Good communication skills particularly with prospective customers
- Generally good with IT
- Methodical, structured, well organised
The company also provides a number of optional benefits:
- Health Shield Level 1
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discount cards
- Health screening