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Sales Development Assistant
Why National Flexible?
Here at National Flexible, we are about more than the name above the door. As the UK’s largest distributor of polypropylene, laminates, and special films, we partner with large food manufacturers such as Greggs, Premier Foods (Mr Kipling’s) and Burtons Biscuits and are a leading player in the packaging industry.
Our success is only possible with a talented team and it’s the passion of our people that makes us who we are today. Embracing innovation, sustainability, and diversity, we are a business that will bring out the best in you, whilst providing you with the opportunity to grow.
With our integral Commercial Academy, Technical Training workshops and Personal Development Plans, we invest in you and help you to develop throughout your career.
Our culture is captured by the values ‘Caring, Sharing, Being Different’ and is equally important for our relationships with our people, our customers, and our suppliers.
Your Role
As Sales Development Assistant, you will work alongside the marketing team by seeking quality and sustainable new prospects. Supporting your Area Sales Manager with new business activity, you will prospect for new business and win new work through lead generation. You will help to convert enquiries through creative marketing materials and digital campaigns, alongside traditional direct mail, and telephone outreach. Developing new business and maintaining good relationships with new and existing prospects and customers will be at the heart of your role, as well as ensuring effective communication within the wider team.
Ideal Applicant
Driven to win new business and grow existing accounts, you will have experience in meeting and exceeding your targets. A self-starter, with the ability to plan and manage your own workload and a passion for building solid connections with others. A competitive edge with a high degree of initiative, flexibility, and adaptability, you will be results focused, enthusiastic, and resilient with a positive mindset. You will want to play a crucial role in the growth of the business and in turn, will be rewarded for your efforts.
Why apply?
This is an exciting, key role, working for a fun, growing company who are passionate about our people. We provide a lengthy list of benefits including £2 million bonus scheme, complaints rewards scheme, year-end performance-based bonus, birthday bonus or day off, additional weeks holiday after 5 years’ service, life insurance, personal incident insurance, medical insurance, training, and development program, plus lots more!
If you are as excited about our future as we are, then we’d love to hear how you can help us shape it. Please send your CV, along with three reasons why you are right for this role to: joanna@nationalflexible.net