Business Development Executive

What you'll be doing:
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As a key member of theInside Sales Team, you will report into the Head of Lead Generation, and be responsible for qualifying new business leads and setting first appointments to meet and exceed targets, contributing to the overall growth of Compass Group UK & Ireland's growth.

This is a fully remote 12-month fixed term contract role.
More about the role:
Key Responsibilities:

• Qualify new business leads based of our target lists from your Sales director using Sales Engagement software - Outreach. You will use emails, calling and Linkedin outreach to qualify leads
• Generating pre-tender appointments for your sales team based off of new business leads you have qualified
• Undertake research into new markets to scope out pipeline potential for your sales team
• Building a Linkedin network for yourself and connecting with relevant prospects within the buying matrix for your opportunities
• Identify opportunities for new sales collateral to be developed and sent across to prospects when working on specific opportunities and share these requests with your Inside Sales Marketing Manager
• Work alongside Inside Sales Marketing during to utilise Linkedin campaign data buying signals to further drive your new business lead qualifications and appointment settin#

What you'll get:

• £25K base + £5-10K OTE
• 25 days annual holiday
• Industry accredited best in class sales training

About you:

• A desire to work in a fast-paced sales environment with a passion to learn and understand the sales funnel process
• You'll be entrepreneurial, target oriented and passionate about the Compass brands you'll be supporting
• Target focused and confident at handling objections to achieve your revenue goals
• Excellent telephone manner will be outgoing and thrive working in a close-knit team
• You'll possess commercial awareness, constantly seeking new opportunities to generate revenue

Who you are:
Essential Criteria:

• 3 rd level education or Level 4 Apprenticeship in a business related discipline eg Finance, Marketing, Law or Business studies

Desirable Criteria:

• 1-2 years experience in a sales role
• Experience working to KPI's
• Experience using a CRM system
• Experience using Microsoft office (Word/Powerpoint/Excel)

Compass Group reserves the right to enhance the criteria, if necessary, for the purposes of shortlisting.

Some of the benefits we offer:

• Free meals while at work
• Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
• Additional, seasonal and overtime hours available
• Career Pathways to support career progression and/or skills development
• Perks shopping discount Card which can be used across the Island of Ireland to save at various restaurants, high street stores, hotels, day out venues, leisure centres, gyms, golf courses and many more
• Learning & development programs available alongside access to hundreds of online training courses for personal and professional development & growth
• Flexible Working to support Work Life Balance
• Additional Leave Purchase scheme to balance home and work life
• Access to wellness programs to promote mental health and wellbeing of our colleagues
• Employee Assistance Program to guide and support our employees
• Exciting internal reward and recognition schemes
• Regular emails filled with the best discounts and savings available

At Compass Ireland, our people are our business. When you join the Compass Group you will be joining a supportive network of incredible individuals, each united by their passion for going the extra mile for the organisations we partner with. We are building a team who care about providing a great customer experience and want to grow and develop as we do. We are dedicated to investing in every colleague joining us. We are an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.