Telesales Executive

Telesales Executive Full-time

Job Title: Telesales Executive

Function: Sales

Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full Time Company Description

Contract Type: Permanent / 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Circa £26,400 per annum plus commission

Location: DPD Eurocentral, Woodside, Holytown, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, ML1 4XL

Days of Work: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Hybrid Working: 3 days office based, 2 at home (once you have been trained)

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK's most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible.

When joining DPD you are not just starting a job, you are vital to our journey to be the most customer centric, inclusive, sustainable and leading parcel delivery provider within the UK who embraces and drives change, placing our people and our customers at the heart of what we do.

Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you'll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer Job Description Our National Telesales and Direct Sales Manager is currently recruiting for a first class Telesales Executive to join her highly experienced Telesales team.

As a Telesales Executive your primary accountability will be to maximise sales opportunities by generating high quality prospect appointments for our Field Sales Executives (FSE's)

Key responsibilities of this role will include

Generate appointments for the FSE's by

Identifying new business opportunities

Gathering comprehensive information relating to the potential new business opportunity and updating Salesforce

Contacting potential customers to gain commitment to an appointment

Achieve daily and weekly targets

Maintain accurate and timely records of the prospect's shipping requirements and contact details

Update and maintain all internal systems

Liaise with FSE's and Sales Managers

Promote Company products and services along with the benefits to potential customers

Qualifications About You

To excel in this role you will ideally need to have prior outbound calls experience either Business to Business or Business to Consumer. Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written are essential.

We will also expect you to have;

Strong telephone manner

High attention to detail and organisation skills

Excellent listening skills

Knowledge of navigating CRM systems or databases

Self motivated and resilient

Target driven and the ability to engage with key decision makers

Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

Additional Information About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn't be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It's important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity package

Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme

Free onsite car parking for all employees

Health Kiosks visiting every location

Vitality at Work

Discounted shopping from 100's of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping

Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends

Free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.