Senior Sales Executive

at  William Reed Business Media Ltd

WHO WE ARE

We are William Reed.
We are the leading expert in the global Food & Drink industry.
We have offices in Gatwick and London, UK; Montpellier, France; Singapore and Chicago, US. In line with the Company’s current Agile Working Policy, the successful candidate would be eligible to work part of the week from our Crawley office and to work remotely for the rest of the week.

POSITION

Position: Full time (35hr per week), permanent
Location: Crawley / Hybrid
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working as part of a motivated sales team? Do you have a love of learning and are interested in how current affairs and global changes can affect a variety of industries?
We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join our award-winning Exhibitions department as a Senior Sales Executive. We are looking for a highly motivated, customer centric individual to join our hard working and high performing team in a busy, and dynamic work environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing new business, managing, and building an extensive pipeline, and upselling existing accounts for our market leading B2B food & drink trade exhibitions, as well as promoting other opportunities across the William Reed portfolio.

• Achieve and maintain high activity, including calls, emails, meetings, LinkedIn and face-to-face where required.
• Achieve and surpass individual and team revenue targets.
• Develop a deep understanding of the UK food & drink industry and keeping up to date with market trends.
• Use account management skills to gain trust and build long-term relationships with Customers
• Create tailored proposals to sell exhibition space, sponsorship, and digital opportunities to both existing clients and new business.