Inside Sales - Career Returners Program - Start date September 2024

Job Description

Why BT Business

With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers internationally.

We’re a global leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.

As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.

About the Program

BT Business is excited to introduce its second Career Returners program – Restart – in partnership with Career Returners. We support experienced professionals of all genders returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to start in September 2024.

We currently have vacancies in our Inside Sales team.

Inside Sales will be a desk-based role in our Birmingham or Bristol strategic locations. You'll work on a hybrid basis with the team spending Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday working together in our offices. CR2024

What you’ll be doing

• Accurate forecasting on profit and revenue, creating strategy plans with customers. You will also proactively manage churn risk across your base to defend your revenue.
• In charge of closing own contract sales right across the BT Business portfolio.
• Support winning new business and bid process for high level opportunities.
• Research data, analytics and commercial insights to drive sales and continual improvement. In doing this you will drive your own results for consistent business development activities.
• Accountable for assuring compliance with sales processes and our legal competition requirements, adhering to government polices regarding sales pay plan and sales incentives.

What Skills You'll Need

• Experience in a sales role (or in a similar target driven field such as recruitment etc.)
• Track record of delivering to targets, with accurate forecasting and consistent delivery.
• Ability to deal with challenging customer situations, owning problems and delivering resolutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills working with both internal and external teams.
• A positive, can-do attitude.

As part of the programme, we are looking for transferrable skills for our roles, so please base your application on this rather than meeting the full criteria. Our team will do our best to match these skills to the roles we have across sales. This will be discussed with you as we move through the process.

Application Process:

Deadline: 31st July 2024
Interviews: ongoing to August 2024
Start Date: 23rd September 2024

For more information and to apply, please visit our https://jobs.bt.com/BT/lp/Restart%20-%20Career%20Returners/36421399d8c5ed2d/?locale=en_GB&utm_source=customcampaign&utm_campaign=CR2024

We are also hosting a drop-in call for candidates to ask any additional questions - check out this link to register.

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