Internal Sales Person

We are looking for an Internal Sales person to join the Gloucester branch (GL2):   Join one of the UK’s leading distributors of electrical products and solution providers with 250+ branches nationally with a core value to develop talent & internal progression. Great Salary + Performance based Bonus Scheme Contracted to 40 hours per week Monday to Friday – shifts between 07:00 – 17:00 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + Birthday Day off  Comprehensive health & wellbeing support programme, long service awards & key milestones Benefits: Enhanced family leave benefits, Agile working, Training academy, Buy and Sell annual leave, Free virtual GP service, accessible 24/7 & Staff discount on webshop & discounts in high-street stores.  As an Internal sales person, you’ll manage a live portfolio of current customers whilst proactively targeting and developing new customers into profitable accounts. You will be the first point of call for key accounts clients, getting on the phones to chase down quotes, catching up with regular customers to understand their pipelines whilst proactively calling new companies to sell our products and services to generate new wins.   We are looking for sales minded people, who enjoys talking to clients, love to use probing questions to understand the full picture, and are organised to ensure weekly/monthly & bi/monthly touch points are scheduled in.   When you are not selling, you may also support the wider branch team, serving on the Trade Counter and picking and packing products in our warehouse to ensure customers’ orders are completed on time. Internal sales person – Experience & Attributes: Full UK Driving Licence is Essential  Experience of working in a highly competitive or Target driven customer focused role (B2B, B2C, retail/hospitality) Electrical Product Knowledge is advantageous A flexible approach and an ability to work under pressure An ability to recognise sales opportunities  PLEASE APPLY ONLINE TODAY and a member of the team will be in touch   Suitable for: Account manager, Internal sales person, Branch assistant, trade counter, account manager, sales advisor, telecoms, call handler, sales coordinator, inside sales, business development executive, business developer, trade sales, trade desk, sales counter, B2B, B2C, BD.   Our client believes that this role does not meet the criteria to be considered within the Home Office Shortage Occupation list. Therefore, they will not support an application for visa sponsorship and all applicants for this role must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK. Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy