Sales Executive

Rexel UK have a fantastic opportunity for a Sales Executive to support our branch network in and surrounding York. This is a great opportunity as a Sales Executive to join a successful region where you will be the key connection between your allocated customers and your assigned branch operational team to ensure the achievement of your sales and gross profit budget.

We offer an excellent package for a Sales Executive which includes a company vehicle & fuel card, mobile phone, laptop, performance dependent bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, medical cover option and 25 days holiday plus statutory holiday.

The Role:

As a Sales Executive for Rexel, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Establish, develop and maintain credible relationships with Customers and Suppliers
• Implement a sales plan in order to provide effective and tailored account management for both allocated and prospect accounts
• Monitor your allocated accounts to ensure effective performance and growth
• Ensure achievement of all relevant Key Performance Indicators, targets and objectives
• Identify and action appropriate steps to rectify any shortfalls
• Increase revenue opportunities by offering variety of service provisions such as: Digital, project and other specialist services
• Completion and utilisation of CRM (Vecta) to enable effective analysis of activity and understand ledger performance
• Maintain completion of systems to provide required reports, information and feedback, in agreed formats and within timeframes set

The Person:

As a Sales Executive for Rexel, you will need:

• To be customer centric with a customer service background
• To have had experience of working in a fast-paced role, whilst maintaining a consistent eye for detail
• A flexible approach and an ability to work under pressure
• An ability to embrace change and new technologies
• Experience of working within a sales / target driven role (ideally)

To be a successful Sales Executive at Rexel, you must have:

• Excellent communication skills (including persuasion and influencing)
• Good relationship building skills
• Intermediate IT skills (i.e. outlook, excel, PowerPoint)
• Commercial awareness
• Strategic Prospecting and objection management Skills

• Good organisation, planning and time management skills
• Electrical product knowledge is advantageous

• Full driving license is an essential requirement

As a Sales Executive, you will work 40 hours a week Monday to Friday, with flexibility required outside of these core hours.

Rexel are an equal opportunities employer

Rexel UK Ltd. believes that this role does not meet the criteria to be considered within the Home Office Shortage Occupation list. Therefore, Rexel UK Ltd. will not support an application for visa sponsorship and all applicants for this role must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK.

Rexel is a global industrial distributor serving the Electrical, PPE and MRO sectors with over 30,000 employees and operations in over 37 Countries. In the UK Rexel has over 2,000 staff working from 250+ branches.
We value people who have a sense of urgency and excitement, who demonstrate candour, insight and creativity, and thrive in an environment of change and challenge. We value people who take the company personally - being a part of Rexel UK means being part of the most exciting customer focused electrical wholesaler, a place where employees want to build their futures. Rexel is an equal opportunities employer.
Rexel UK Ltd. believes that this role does not meet the criteria to be considered within the Home Office Shortage Occupation list. Therefore, Rexel UK Ltd. will not support an application for visa sponsorship and all applicants for this role must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK.