Business Development Executive
William Reed Ltd, Kemp Town, The City of Brighton and Hove
Business Development Executive
Salary Not Specified
William Reed Ltd, Kemp Town, The City of Brighton and Hove
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 232d325ab3de4f4da3a5c34bf7e416ed
Full Job Description
- Selling across the entire portfolio of summits and supporting existing projects.
- Working alongside the research team to gain a comprehensive understanding of the target audience and prospects for your portfolio of the products.
- Researching the market, generating and qualifying new leads for each campaign.
- Reaching a guide of five effective calls per day.
- Attending key Rethink Events and organising business development trips to meet clients.
- Generating new business, closing sales, and hitting targets.
- Managing and implementing the sponsorship deliverables according to the contracts.
Strong, proven seller with excellent sales figures. - To be ambitious and financially driven.
- To have a passion for sustainability and tech.
- To be hard working with a high pace of work.
- Excellent communication skills, including telephone communication.
- Hands on experience in sales selling B2B to senior level business executives.
- A demonstrable understanding of the consultative selling process.
- The ability to build a sales pipeline and provide quantitative reporting to management.
- Experience using sales software such as Salesforce, Goldmine, ZoHo or similar software.
- To be willing to travel internationally.
- Willingness to align working hours with your destination market.
- Having a solid understanding and experience of the B2B conference model would be desirable but not essential.
- Having an understanding of Digital advertising space is a plus but not essential.
- Experience in the sustainability and cleantech sectors would be advantageous but not essential.
- Fluency in additional languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or French is advantageous but not essential.
We are William Reed. We are a global media group delivering exceptional content through events, digital, data & insight. From agribusiness, ingredients and food processing, to retail, hospitality & fine dining - we provide the inspiration, insight and connections to power our customers' success., Are you ambitious and ready to take your sales career to the next level in a fast-paced environment? Are you a proven sales professional with a track record of smashing sales targets and delivering exceptional results? Are you excited to join a dynamic team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our Rethink Events team! The Business Development Executive will be selling sponsorship and exhibition space across a portfolio of high growth B2B conferences in the agri-tech, food-tech and sustainability sectors. We are the market leading conference producer in an exciting, dynamic and high growth market and this is a huge opportunity for an exceptional sales manager who relishes the prospect of joining a highly reputed company and who will help shape and grow the business over the coming years. Rethink Events, part of the William Reed Group, is a fast-growing company specialising in international business conferences focused on sustainability and innovation in the food, agtech, materials, and water sectors. Known for delivering major global events, Rethink's summits take place in San Francisco, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Chicago, Dubai, Mexico City and London., We provide a supportive work environment and are committed to maintaining a healthy work/life balance for all of our employees. Working for William Reed means that you will be joining a stable organisation that is committed to developing its employees and brands. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds and characteristics. - 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays- increasing by one additional day after 6 years, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- An additional day of leave "MeDay" for you to take on a cultural celebration day or on your birthday if you like. A day for you!
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
- Commission Scheme