sales representative Farnborough, Hampshire, South East England, England
Job description
Schools Sales Executive
£30,000 plus uncapped commission
Based in our office in Farnborough, Hampshire
Full Time Monday – Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm
Do you have sales experience within the education sector and want to make a difference to the lives of children?
iRock School of Music teaches thousands of children every week by sending rock musicians into primary schools and teaching them how to play in rock & pop bands. Be part of something special, and use your excellent interpersonal skills and desire to succeed to drive sales, helping us to rapidly grow the business and reach thousands more children across the UK?
"Fun, family-run business that genuinely cares for its employees" Employee review.
We have a company culture where every one of our staff members are valued and recognised. We celebrate successes, are passionate about our work and aim to excel in what we do.
The Role
- Generate leads and contact schools to communicate the benefits of our service
- Nurture and maintain good relations with the schools throughout the full sales journey to close of sale and handover to the operations team.
- Analyse various sources of data and thoroughly research prospects to build sales pipelines
- Attend conferences to generate new leads and build interest in iRock
- Book sales assembly appointments for field-based sales team
- Negotiate terms with schools
- Effectively communicate, liaise and collaborate with other departments and colleagues
- Accurately update and maintain details information in the CRM system
Requirements
- Confident telephone manner and comfortable cold calling
- Good listening skills, with the ability to empathise and quickly build rapport
- Highly motivated individual who is organised and target driven
- High level attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proven track record of working to and achieving personal KPIs and team targets
- Good at building strong professional relations with schools and colleagues
- Ability to negotiate
- Strong research and data analytical skills
Benefits
- Full time, permanent position
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Great working environment
- Opportunities to develop
- Company bonus and pension scheme
- Amazing staff parties including our annual summer conference, all expenses paid!
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Recruitment Statement
iRock embraces diversity and equal opportunity. This advert is not intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation. We are committed to fair treatment, therefore every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Due to the nature of the position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory DBS and other vetting checks and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Throughout the recruitment process iRock collects and processes a range of personal data relating to job applicants. We are transparent about how this data is collected, used and stored and are committed to compliance with data protection obligations.
For further information on our recruitment, data information and safeguarding policies on our website: www.irockschool.com
