Sales Consultant   1.     Job Advert   Status: Full time/permanent Location: Newport Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, 40 hours per week Base Salary:  (dependant on skills/experience) Attractive+ commission Other benefits: 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays/birthday , life assurance 4x salary, company sick pay, contributory pension scheme   Job Context PMP Recruitment operates in a variety of sectors, providing organisations with their temporary and permanent staffing needs for unskilled/skilled and technical/managerial positions. The successful applicant will be based at Newport. Job Purpose : To develop profitable business with new clients . Skills and Knowledge:   -           excellent telesales skills that include communication/listening skills and an ability to generate sales leads , self motivated -           excellent teamwork ability with the ability to obtain sales information from the branch, candidates and other internal personnel -           conduct sales activity such as the provision of tenders and including sales visits supporting the local operational manager -           excellent IT skills including e-mail, spreadsheets, use of social media and job web sites -           local knowledge of the economic, political, government agencies and geographic market place in which they operate, including competitors   2.     Background information   Duties :          Develop business with new clients: ·          Identify prospective clients ·          Discover cross selling opportunities ·          Know your market place & Competition ·          Understand the nature of clients business and placement opportunities     Typical activities for Sales Consultants include:   ·                  Making an average of 15 ‘cold’ and follow up telephone calls to prospective clients on a daily basis, resulting in at least 3 sales visits arranged per week ·                  listening to customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale; ·                  maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails and visits;; ·                  responding to incoming email and phone enquiries; ·                  acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets; ·                  gathering market and customer information; ·                  representing the organisation at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations; ·                  challenging any objections with a view to getting the customer to buy; ·                  creating detailed proposal documents, often as part of a formal bidding process that is largely dictated by the prospective customer; ·                  making accurate, rapid cost calculations and providing customers with quotations; ·                  attending team meeting and sharing best practice with colleagues.   Person Specification Template ( Code: Assessed by A/F-Application form, I-Interview, T–Test)   Criteria Description AF I T       Experience / Knowledge 2 years + Sales experience; Experience within a recruitment Industry background would be adantagesus but not essestial ü ü   Skills Excellent MS Office skills, numerate and literate; Excellent Telesales and communication skills, Customer Service; Problem Solver; Good organisational skills; Driving licence and own car. ü ü ü Attributes Good communicator; Energetic; Proactive nature; Friendly and Positive attitude; ü ü ü