Business Development Apprentice

Key Responsibilities:

Business Development:

• Make targeted outbound cold calls to prospective business customers
• Research and identify potential customers using lead-generation sources
• Identify relevant decisionmakers and purchasing contacts
• Identify and re-engage dormant customers from the company’s historic database to generate new sales opportunities
• Qualify prospects and identify genuine purchasing opportunities
• Make appointments for sales team product specialists when required
• Follow up prospects consistently by telephone and email
• Prepare or coordinate quotations and follow them through
• Complete a structured handover of successful new accounts to the Account Manager
• Maintain accurate prospect, call and opportunity information
• Continually build and manage a strong pipeline of new prospects

Sales & General Administration:

• Assist with general sales and office administration as required
• Respond to and direct incoming telephone calls and emails
• Maintain accurate customer, prospect and contact information
• Assist with preparing quotations, documents and customer correspondence
• Update spreadsheets, reports and internal systems
• Liaise with customers, suppliers and internal departments
• Carry out data entry and maintain accurate records
• Assist the wider sales team with administrative tasks and follow-ups