Location: Stoneleigh Park
Contract type: Permanent/Full time
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per annum
Hours: 37
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance (3x salary), NFU Membership, plus more
Who we're looking for:
NFU Energy is the go-to energy consultant for agriculture and related industries, providing advice on all aspects of energy, from procuring energy contracts to sourcing and recommending energy solutions. We're looking for an experienced and successful Sales Consultant to join our energy contract sales team in SME sales. This is an exciting opportunity to help grow our business by securing new customers, selling additional services to existing customers and cross selling to other departments.
Your role will be to oversee the end-to-end sales process for matrix and bespoke electricity and gas contracts. You must have a proven track record in delivering excellent customer service, as well as achieving individual and team targets.
Experience of working in the energy industry and/or broker would be a distinct advantage. It's important that you can learn quickly and demonstrate a proactive approach.
What you'll get to do:
- Sell energy contracts to new and existing customers to achieve both personal and
- team targets
- Contributeto sales reports where required by the Contract Sales Manager.
- Tailor relevant products to different types of clients
- Identify cross-selling opportunities for other areas of the business.
- Be fully responsible for the quality of sales up to the supply going live.
- Make suggestions and contribute to the improvement of the sales process to ensure
- consistency and quality are maintained
- To ensure sufficient support and accurate information is provided to the contract
- admin team
What you'll need to succeed:
- At least 5 GCSE's grade A-C or equivalent, you need strong literacy and numeracy
- skills.
- Business to business sales experience including telesales
- Exceptional organisational skills and experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate
- effectively to a range of audiences
- Proven record of establishing effective working relationships
- Good judgement skills – be able to identify issues/opportunities and allocate
- time/resource accordingly
- The ability to listen and respond appropriately to instruction
- Intermediate IT skills including Excel and Word
- Good commercial acumen
Be able to work both under your own initiative and as part of a team.
What you will get:
A salary of £25,000 to £28,000 depending on experience plus commission, 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), plus company benefits including pension, group life assurance (3 times salary), NFU membership and more. You will be based at our office in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
We support work-life balance and operate a hybrid working policy with a mixture of home and office working available, and access to mental health support. Our company values are employee focused; we believe in nurturing professionalism and resourcefulness in a united and inclusive work environment.
Situated at the National Agriculture Exhibition Centre in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, our recently refurbished office provides a perfect setting to work from. On site facilities include a Gym, Farm Shop, Nursery and free parking as well as ample walking and cycling opportunities.
To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter explaining your motivation for undertaking this role and any specific experience or strengths that you will bring, ensuring it aligns with the role description.
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
NFU Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of NFU Commercial Holdings Ltd.
You may have experience in the following: Energy Account Manager, Energy Sales Executive, Business Energy Consultant, Energy Solutions Consultant, Energy Account Executive, Energy Sales Representative, Commercial Energy Consultant, Energy Sales Advisor, and Energy Business Development Manager.
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