Sales Representative

at  Alfred Bagnall and Sons Limited

LEAD GENERATOR/ SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Are you a confident communicator, comfortable at using your sales & lead generation experience to attract new business

THE ROLE:

Established over 145 years ago, Bagnalls is the leading painting and decorating contractor in the UK. Roles of this nature are rarely advertised due to our focus on staff retention, employee progression and our uncapped commission based on orders.
Salary: We offer a competitive basic wage of approximately £26,000 plus uncapped commission. Realistic OTE of £35,000+
Hours: This is a full-time role however for the right candidate we may be able to offer part time hours which must be at least 30 hours per week.
Location: The role is based in our Wolverhampton branch.
Hybrid Working: Here at Bagnalls we are a close knit team and feel that it is important for our teams to work in the office and keep in touch with there colleagues. However, we understand the challenges of daily life and once training is complete, we can offer Hybrid working or flexible hours to aid with school runs, childcare or other reasonable commitments.
As a Bagnalls Lead Generator you will be directly responsible for contacting potential customers via phone and email to introduce the services that Bagnall’s has to offer in commercial and industrial settings. You will build relationships with senior decision makers in a variety of sectors, including health care, education, and leisure to influence them to use Bagnalls to meet their painting and decorating needs.
You need to be self-motivated, work on your own initiative and under instruction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Lead Generator/Sales Representative role will be mainly office-based and will require plenty of initiative as you start the journey of winning new business for the company.

• Identify new target customers through a range of different methods of research, including using social media
• Gain a strong understanding of our customers so that you can clearly highlight and articulate what Bagnall’s can offer them
• Complete Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs)
• Manage the customer database

We ask that you have the following qualifications and skills:

Essential Criteria:

• Strong verbal communication skills
• Confidence to build relationships with senior decision makers
• Excellent, friendly telephone manner
• Good standard of written English
• Basic Microsoft Office skills and ability to learn to use an in-house database
• Ability to learn about all aspects of the business quickly