Sales Operations Executive
KTC Safety (An Ayrton Group Company) is one of the largest training organisations in Ireland & has an experienced and highly skilled team approved by many awarding bodies which enables us to provide professional safety to industries such as Agriculture, Arboriculture, Construction, Forestry, Horticulture, Industrial, Pesticides, Quarrying, Scaffolding, Transport and many more.
We are an approved SOLAS, QQI, RSA, City & Guilds NPTC, Lantra Awards, CIEH, IOSH & Irish Heart Foundation training centre.
We currently have a full-time position sales position available for someone who is looking to take a move into a dynamic industry.
We have a brilliant opportunity due to growth in our business.
This role is a mixture of strategic proactive outbound sales to targeted areas in agreement with the commercial director, as well as dealing with incoming customer enquiries and assisting the existing sales team with daily sales administration activities based in our office in Portlaoise.
The role would consist of:
Strategic sales targeting
Processing a high volume of sales calls & emails.
Booking courses
Processing of sales transactions
Supporting the team with general operations to help reach the team's objectives
Communicating internally important feedback from customers
Collaborate with internal teams to schedule and coordinate training courses, ensuring optimal calendar utilization
Identifying new customer opportunities
Building and maintain rapport with key customers
Perform ad hoc administrative tasks as needed to support business operations.
The ideal candidate would have the following experience and qualities:
Minimum of 3 years' sales experience
Striking interpersonal and communication skills required
Pleasant and professional phone manner
Willing to learn our product and the different variations
Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Proven team player
Self-driven attitude towards filling courses and maximising scope on the calendar
General flexibility is required with a good all round business acumen
A knowledge or a background in General Safety Training or the Construction Industry is of an advantage, as is experience in selling to the Construction, Forestry, Manufacturing Industries.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday – 8.30am – 5.00pm
Location: Ballydavis, Portlaoise, Co.
Laois
Expressions of interest or applications in confidence to
Potential candidates can expect initial responses from week commencing 1st September