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Senior Sales Executive

Job Description
Senior Sales Executive

Peterborough | office based with UK travel | route to Director level

An exciting opportunity to be a part of a well established and growing event business as a Senior Sales Executive. The business is an independent events company based in East Midlands, running around 30 automotive events a year across England, Scotland and Wales, and it's growing the sales side.

The role:

You'd sell across the group's event brands, one of which has been running for 45 years.
  • Sell sponsorship, trade space and radio space across roughly 30 events a year
  • Put the sponsorship packages together, starting around -13k with room to flex
  • Bring in speaker sponsors as well as event sponsors
  • Grow existing accounts and win new ones, split about evenly
  • Sell airtime on the company's own radio show
  • Get out to events across England, Scotland and Wales
  • Build the sponsorship packages yourself, then go and sell them
  • Company car or allowance, plus uncapped commission
  • Half new business, half existing clients, so you're not only hunting

About you:
  • You've sold before and can show what you've closed
  • You hold a full driving licence
  • You live within commuting distance of Peterborough
  • You will be creative and dynamic and have that natural sales spark

Sponsorship or exhibition sales is the ideal background, though strong business-to-business sellers from other sectors are welcome.

About our client:

An independent events company working in the automotive sector, with around 30 UK events a year and a team of 15 in the office, plus specialists brought in for each show. Its brands include a long-running truck show and work with classic car insurers.

The package:
  • Basic salary of £40,000 to £50,000
  • Uncapped OTE
  • Bonus
  • Company car or car allowance
  • Based at the Spalding office, with travel to events around the UK

How to apply:

Send your CV through the apply button and you'll hear back from us within a few days. Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.