Internal Sales Executive

Octavian Way, Gateshead NE11 0HZ, UK Rexel Company Description Are you looking for an opportunity where you can deliver customer excellence, evolve trusted customer partnerships and become a subject matter expert?    If so, our Internal Sales Opportunity based at our Gateshead Team Valley branch could be the perfect next step!  As a global leader in electrical wholesale, Rexel distributes advanced electrical and energy-efficient products worldwide. We deliver smart, sustainable solutions engineered to enhance comfort, safety, and security across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. We’re looking for fresh thinkers, team players, and positive individuals like you to be part of our journey.   The Benefits of a Career with Rexel:  Contributory pension scheme and life assurance    Bonuses: Performance Related Bonus scheme  Time Off: 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!) You can also buy and sell holiday and enjoy enhanced parental leave   Support & Development: Extensive learning opportunities from day one.   Health & Wellbeing: Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more!   Perks: Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education   Job Description As an Internal Sales Person, you are the key connection to provide effective management of existing customer accounts and developing new business to meet your Branch targets by providing an excellent sales service.  You will provide excellent customer service to our key customers over the phone, face to face in branch or via email to drive customer loyalty.  You’ll manage a live portfolio of current customers whilst proactively targeting and developing new customers into profitable accounts. Our Internal Sales Persons will be the first point of call for key accounts clients.  You will need to understand individual client requirements, build rapport & grow your client portfolio.  You may also support the wider branch team, serving on the Trade Counter and picking and packing products in our warehouse to ensure customers’ orders are completed on time.  Qualifications At Rexel, we prioritise hiring individuals based on behaviours and potential, rather than requiring specific formal qualifications for roles, the behaviours that will set you up for success within an Internal Sales role include: COLLABORATION: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to achieve shared objectives  TAKES ACCOUNTABILITY: Taking action, overcoming obstacles, and meeting commitments  CUSTOMER FOCUS: building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions  What we’re looking for…  Ideally you will have experience of working in a highly competitive customer focused role where you are comfortable working towards and exceeding sales targets  Customer centric and a self-starter, you will enjoy developing the business through face to face and phone-based relationships, becoming the subject matter expert for your customers   A flexible approach and an ability to work under pressure whilst identifying business opportunities  Additional Information At Rexel UK, we’re all about welcoming people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives because we know that diversity drives fresh ideas and great results. By coming together as one team, we’re building a high-performance culture that not only drives success but also creates real value for our customers and communities. Creating an environment where individuality is celebrated and creativity flourishes, we're making sure everyone feels supported and confident to be their best