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Sales Executive

Sales Executive

Informa PLCLondon, England, GB
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

You will sell exhibition stand space & added value products across the food & hospitality portfolio of events, handling existing accounts, driving new business growth and generating new leads.

You will be working within an experienced, passionate and dynamic team with a hard-work ethic. You will be expected to develop and manage your own pipeline by phone, email and face-to-face selling and will therefore need to be tenacious and enthusiastic

Your responsibilities will include :

  • Develop & grow sales across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • Generate new business and close existing leads through telephone canvasing, research, face to face sales and implementing sales campaigns
  • Service existing customers to Informa standards and maintain & build long-term customer relationships
  • Work to targets with accurate reporting to management and keeping detailed sales records
  • Liaise with overseas offices and international representatives of Informa
  • International travel to food and hospitality events around the world

Qualifications

You will be a well-motivated, ambitious and successful sales professional, ideally with 1-2 years sales experience. You must show a determination and ability to deliver and exceed sales results with a proven track record.

Skills / experience / attitudes :

  • Proven track record in hitting and exceeding individual and team revenue targets
  • Professional telephone sales manner
  • New business generation
  • Sales experience including telephone canvasing, researching / sourcing potential new leads and proposal writing
  • Relationship building
  • Self-sufficient, self-motivated, resilient, determined, assertive, good objection handler, capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritizing
  • Excellent organisation and time management skills
  • Team player, capable of dealing with strong personalities and being assertive
  • Strong work ethic
  • Detail-oriented, flexible, energetic and methodical
  • Resilient and determined; problem solver and decision-maker
  • Ability to communicate at senior level, authoritative
  • Numerate / Literate
  • Professionalism, integrity, must be well-presented
  • Administration skills - organised – planner
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Additional Information

    Working hours from 8am - pm

    Working mimium of 2 days at 240 Blackfriaris office (Monday & Wednesday)

    Ability to travel frequently to a number of international destinations essential

    We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at

    Our benefits include : (Talent Partner to complete with regionalised benefits list)

    We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

    At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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