Inside Sales Executive – New Business Acquisition - #1728685

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Role: Inside Sales Executive – New Business AcquisitionLocated: London (Hybrid)Package: Competitive salary, commission and additional benefits

(Ricoh operate a vibrant working policy giving you flexible hybrid working options)

About Ricoh:

Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry-leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools.

Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative. Enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.

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What you will be doing

• Responsible for winning high-potential new business by targeting and developing new relationships from enterprise sales opportunities via a mix of communication methods.

• Responsible for nurturing customer relationships in enterprise accounts, providing insightful information about the solutions and outcomes we are able to deliver and ensuring that high-potential sales opportunities are secured and there is a smooth transition to the correct subject matter expert and account directors where appropriate.

• Responsible for identifying and assessing the potential of each business prospect and building a profile Strategic Corporate prospect & suspect accounts with appropriate HQ address information, contacts & decision maker units in the Ricoh CRM.

• Responsible for efficiently tracking and reporting on all sales opportunities in the Sales Lead Tracker to ensure effective pipeline monitoring and development.

• Responsible for meeting the divisional and team KPI’s, specifically relevant to sales activity levels and optimising customer communication through a variety of methods to ensure high-value customer interaction and relationship development.

• Responsible for maintaining contact and collaborating with account managers across enterprise sales where appropriate to maximise the potential of all pipeline opportunities.

Collaborate with the Sales Development projects on an ad-hoc basis as and when required to drive continuous improvement across the function.

You will ideally have

• A strong track record of delivering, closing and developing high-potential enterprise accounts.
• Proven track record in building strong relationships.
• Ability to accurately identify and engage with multiple key stakeholders.
• Effective questioning and active listening.
• Articulate with excellent presentation skills, with ability to articulate a sales offering up to and including C-suite level.
• Ability to inspire trust and confidence.
• Ability to challenge the norm and influence clients to change behaviour.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Resilient and tenacious with the ability to calculate and manage risks

We are an equal opportunities employer

We are open to discussing adjustments to the recruitment process if needed. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

Striving for inclusion and diversity isn’t just the right thing to do. Diverse approaches, perspectives and experiences make us more innovative, lead to better decisions and help us better understand the needs of our customers.

To empower you to bring your full identity to work, we have employee-led affinity groups in LGBTQ+, gender and ethnicity that allow members to explore issues and challenges surrounding shared identities, experiences and beliefs.

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