Uren Career Opportunity: Trainee Sales Executive

We are an established food and beverage ingredients importer based in Wirral with a global reach.

We are looking for an ambitious, driven candidate to develop as a sales executive within our dynamic B2B commercial team and support our vision of being the go-to supplier of ingredients in the food and beverage industry. Working within our fast-paced juice ingredients division, the role will encompass all aspects of a sales role and give the successful candidate the opportunity and support to develop a commercial career within in the business. This is a ‘people’ business with entrepreneurial values at its core, so the ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and always operate with a commercial mindset.

If you’re ambitious and passionate to develop a career within a successful, global business we would love to hear from you.

Role

  • Responsibility for selling our range of juice ingredients B2B and driving profit within the business
  • Contacting prospective clients - identify and contact potential customers across different sectors with aim of developing new accounts, enquiries and increase our presence in the industry
  • Client management – dealing with customers on a day-to-day basis handling phone and email enquiries, managing orders and assisting account manager on larger client accounts
  • Working closely with the Juice sales manager to support the department achieve its sales target and KPIs
  • Brand awareness – be able to identify new trends and emerging markets

Experience

  • Experience of working in a customer facing or sales role
  • Proven ability to work under pressure and achieve targets
  • An interest in Food and Beverage

Skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills - be an influencer and communicator
  • Entrepreneurial and commercially driven
  • Problem solver
  • Adaptable
  • Self-motivated
  • Confident with numbers
  • Willing to learn and develop skills
  • Sound knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Power Point

Job Types:

Full-time, Permanent

Salary:

£18,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

  • Performance bonus

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • On-site parking
  • Sick pay
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Neston, CH64 7TB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

  • GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

  • Sales: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

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