Careers

Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Job Description

If you are looking for a role to fulfil your potential we have an exciting new opportunity for a Sales Executive to join our team and work with warm leads in our newly refurbished office on the Harleyford Marina in Marlow. This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week, with some flexibility around start and finish times. We are offering a competitive salary dependent upon experience. No cold calling, lots of leads to follow up.

Who we are

If you value customer service and are looking for a progressive green economy business with opportunities galore, then this is it. DriveElectric are the leaders in electric vehicle leasing and charging technology. Since funding the first Tesla Roadster in the UK in 2008 DriveElectric has expanded and in the last 3 years put over 3,000 pure electric vehicles on the UK roads for consumers and businesses. DriveElectric have a policy to recruit train and promote people who show they can think and work hard.

The role

You will be an integral part of the sales team, ensuring you achieve your personal sales targets from existing customers as well as new business, both SME and Retail. The role encompasses both ongoing effective account management as well as delivering high levels of customer satisfaction. Focusing on low emissions and battery vehicles to reduce client’s costs and carbon footprint.

You will liaise directly with personal and business customers primarily as a result of inbound leads, providing them with and following up on customer quotes, ensuring accuracy in all written quotations with them. You will maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and customer retention by supporting customers throughout the sales process through to delivery and after sales service.

You will work with our CRM systems, inputting, updating and maintaining accurate records relating to customer communications, leads and other data in order to maximise business opportunities.

The Person

You will have previously worked in a sales environment or a telesales environment, with a proven track record of achieving results and are used to working with targets and KPIs. You will possess a financial aptitude and be able to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of all aspects of finance plans and finance packages and are able to discuss these in detail with our customers. You will have a good working knowledge of objection handling and closing techniques.

You have a passion for selling and an excellent telephone manner and enjoy talking to people. You have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. You will possess a positive and professional attitude and be customer focused in everything that you do.

You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and are happy working as part of a team. You will have a keen eye for detail as well as good planning and organisational skills.

You will have a good working knowledge of in-life contract and customer management and have an awareness of ULEV / Electric vehicles. Previous working knowledge of FCA regulations and an aptitude for numeracy is also required.

Interested applicants should send their CV together with a covering letter stating their current salary to marie-therese@drive-electric.co.uk