Business Development Executive Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum DOE, £50,000 OTE per annum Hours: Full-time, sociable working hours, no weekends or evenings Are you a proactive and confident communicator with a passion for sales? Join our team as a Business Development Executive and play a crucial role in generating new business through outbound cold calling to other businesses. You will ensure new business accounts are opened, cards issued, and manage accounts for the first six months to maximise volume potential. The Business Development Executive will receive amazing benefits 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays On the spot incentives An additional day annual leave for your birthday Free breakfast Early Friday finish Fun, supportive working environment Dress down office Pension 4 x salary life assurance Key Responsibilities of the Business Development Executive: Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures. Plan & prioritise sales activities to achieve agreed targets, involving high volume business-to-business cold calling. Maintain and develop new and existing customers through appropriate sales methods to optimise quality of service, business growth, and customer satisfaction. Respond to and follow up sales enquiries using appropriate methods. Update all customer records on the CRM system. Manage the accounts sold by the individual for a period of six months. Answer and make calls in an efficient, professional, and courteous manner. Log information on calls where required and maintain detailed and accurate customer records. Ensure all Call Backs/Courtesy calls are up to date on a daily basis. Perform any other duties as may be reasonably required. The Key Requirements of the Business Development Executive: Previous Senior Telesales Experience with longevity in role essential. Excellent, confident communicator with a professional telephone manner and excellent sales skills, particularly around building strong rapport, great exploring techniques, and the ability to push for the sale on every call. Adopt role model behaviour at all times and be the person that new starters and junior staff members aspire to be in terms of sales performance, knowledge, and positive influence. Promote best practices within the business and be the go-to person in terms of knowledge of the business and its processes. Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to organise and prioritise workload. Resilience when working under pressure with a strong work ethic and reliability. Ability to work independently with minimal support. Target conscious and results driven. If you are interested in the role, and want to know more, please apply or contact us for more information. Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.