Freightserve recruitment are looking for a Sales Support and Admin person for a well-established Freight Forwarder based in the Basildon, Essex area.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Assist the Head of Sales in the execution of their duties in support of the Managing Director’s vision of the company to become more competitive and profitable.
• To manage the gathering of sales leads and action initial contact via phone with prospects
• Liaise with the field sales executives regarding warm leads
• Assist the head of sales with statistic gathering, report writing, database management.
• To build and increase the company’s customer base including further promoting the awareness for the company.
• To manage & generate new leads and identify new prospects for the UK sales team, by telephone calls and e-mails
• To diarise and plan all follow up calls and actions on e-mails
• Follow up of old leads, as requested by the sales team members
• Ensure Input of data into CRM program / reporting system, of daily sales activity including records of all sales, sales calls, presentations, closed sales, and follow up activities.
• To source and make cold calls to potential new clients and build portfolio of clients exclusively for the company.
• Compile monthly reports of actual turnover from new accounts won by the sales team
• Maintain and report on stock levels of sales materials, brochures etc
• place new orders

Experience

• Sales administrator or Sales support role
• Ability to work under strict deadlines

Working hours are Monday - Friday

As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.