- Contract Type: Permanent / 37.5 Hours Per Week
- Salary: Up to £37504 plus commission, company car or car allowance laptop and mobile
- Base Location: Stoke, Walsall and Crewe
- Days of Work: Monday to Friday
- Hours of Work: 9:00 - 17:30
DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
Job DescriptionWe are actively recruiting for an ambitious and motivated Territory Sales Executive to join and strengthen our team of skilled sales people.
As a Territory Sales Executive your primary responsibility will be to achieve the company’s revenue target for new business in line with the company’s strategy for customer size, type and service mix. Cold Calling and “door knocking” is an essential part of this role to attract and develop new business.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
- Identifying and developing a ‘personal prospect funnel’ sufficient in size to fund both DPD & DPD Local new business targets as laid down in the company’s strategic plan
- Monitoring performance of new customers to ensure they trade to an agreed profile. Agree and deliver action plans if variances occur
- Successfully handover all new accounts to either the Customer Care Team or relevant CRM Account Manager by the end of the first eight weeks of trade
- Identifying and pursuing regular trading opportunities on a daily and weekly basis
- To champion the “partnership process” wherever possible with any new prospects
- Achieving productivity targets. This will include 12 brand new prospect visits each week
- Achieving all portfolio product targets as laid down by the company
- Obtaining all the correct documentation required to process a credit facility to ISO standard
About You
Your career history will clearly be able to evidence success within a sales or similar environment and a tenacious attitude and drive to succeed in a fast paced sales environment.
Your outstanding communication, persuading and influencing skills will be fully utilised in this role as will your ability to focus on your customers to fully understand their needs and gain their commitment.
We’ll also expect you to have;
- High levels of integrity and empathy
- Ability to manage own time effectively to meet targets and deadlines
- Be able to adapt own style to suit the needs of internal and external customers
- Effective problem resolution and objection handling skills
- Have the ability to work under pressure and demonstrate a positive, enthusiastic and resilient approach
- A great team player who demonstrates the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.
- A full UK driving licence is essential.
About our Benefits
We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Vitality at Work
- Free On Site Parking
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today
Skills Required
- Demonstrated success in a sales or similar environment
- Full UK driving licence
- Strong communication, persuasion, and influencing skills
- Customer-focused approach with ability to understand needs and gain commitment
- Effective problem resolution and objection-handling skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and meet targets and deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure with a positive, enthusiastic, and resilient approach
- Ability to adapt communication style for internal and external customers
- High integrity and empathy
- Team-oriented approach aligned with company values
What We Do
DPDgroup UK Ltd is a leading express parcel delivery service provider in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of DPDgroup, which is wholly owned by La Poste, the French postal service. The company operates the DPD and Interlink Express brands, delivering approximately 1.6 million parcels weekly for a diverse customer base, including major retailers like Superdry and John Lewis.
