Business Development Executive (Bristol)

Business Development Executive (Bristol)

Company Description

Do extraordinary things with a remarkable team, by joining our growing Business Development team in the South.

Paragon Skills are Ofsted Grade 2 “Good” and a top 5 Training provider as rated by our learners, with a true dedication to the Care and Education Sector. We are passionate, determined and inspiring individuals who support thousands of learners and employers nationally and due to our ambitious growth plans and business success we are expanding our commercial team.

Position

Job title: Business Development Executive

Location: Bristol

Salary: £25,000 - 30,000 with commission

As a Business Development Executive, your primary goal is to convert leads and boost sales growth, focusing on both inbound and outbound call activity with new employer partners. Working closely with the Marketing Department to maximise sales from employer-focused marketing activity.

You’ll focus on engaging with potential clients over the phone, you'll adeptly cross-sell and promote our products and services to maximize lead conversion. A confident, proactive approach is crucial as you capture and capitalise on incoming enquiries and campaign leads. Through strategic collaboration with both the sales and marketing teams, you'll cultivate interest and secure new business opportunities with prospective employers.

What will you be doing?

1. Handling and qualifying all inbound sales enquiries through telephone calls, website forms and marketing activity.
2. Proactively contacting potential new clients using phone and email to gauge and qualify interest.
3. Proactively identifying and qualifying sales leads to be passed on to the Business Development Manager.
4. Identifying and capitalising on customers that are ready to progress by initiating the employer onboarding and learner enrolment processes.
5. Liaising with customers via phone, online (website, social media etc.).

Requirements

What we need from you:

1. Similar experience within a sales/business development role.
2. A team player with good planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage own workload.
3. Ability to probe effectively when establishing a customer’s needs.
4. Experience in upselling and cross-selling desirable.
5. Active listener with the ability to objection handle.
6. Work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
7. Strong organisational skills; manage multiple tasks while maintaining accurate attention to detail.
8. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Other information

Paragon Skills is an inclusive, welcoming and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employee's learning, development and career growth. We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits including life assurance and income protection and core benefits below:

• 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme.
• Extra day off for your birthday.
• 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays.
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives.
• Perkbox – a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools.
• Commission for BD roles.
• Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues’ achievements.
• Remote Roles.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role. To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

We are Leaders in Safeguarding Gold and committed to the safeguarding, welfare and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are proud to inspire success and we can only do this by recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that is representative of the learners and clients we support, and we encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and actively promote equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.