Sales Operations Executive
KTC Safety (An Ayrton Group Company) is one of the largest training organisations in Ireland & has an experienced and highly skilled team approved by many awarding bodies which enables us to provide professional safety to industries such as Agriculture, Arboriculture, Construction, Forestry, Horticulture, Industrial, Pesticides, Quarrying, Scaffolding, Transport and many more.
We are an approved SOLAS, QQI, RSA, City & Guilds NPTC, Lantra Awards, CIEH, IOSH & Irish Heart Foundation training centre.
We currently have a full-time position sales position available for someone who is looking to take a move into a dynamic industry. We have a brilliant opportunity due to growth in our business.
This role is a mixture of strategic proactive outbound sales to targeted areas in agreement with the commercial director, as well as dealing with incoming customer enquiries and assisting the existing sales team with daily sales administration activities based in our office in Portlaoise.
The role would consist of:
- Strategic sales targeting
- Processing a high volume of sales calls & emails.
- Booking courses
- Processing of sales transactions
- Supporting the team with general operations to help reach the team’s objectives
- Communicating internally important feedback from customers
- Collaborate with internal teams to schedule and coordinate training courses, ensuring optimal calendar utilization
- Identifying new customer opportunities
- Building and maintain rapport with key customers
- Perform ad hoc administrative tasks as needed to support business operations.
- The ideal candidate would have the following experience and qualities:
- Minimum of 3 years’ sales experience
- Striking interpersonal and communication skills required
- Pleasant and professional phone manner
- Willing to learn our product and the different variations
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proven team player
- Self-driven attitude towards filling courses and maximising scope on the calendar
- General flexibility is required with a good all round business acumen
A knowledge or a background in General Safety Training or the Construction Industry is of an advantage, as is experience in selling to the Construction, Forestry, Manufacturing Industries.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday – 8.30am – 5.00pm
Location: Ballydavis, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Expressions of interest or applications in confidence to Matthew@ktcsafety.ie
Potential candidates can expect initial responses from week commencing 1st September
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person