Join our team!

From time to time, vacancies arise to join our fantastic team!  We are always interested to hear from hard working, talented individuals to join the team, if you are interested in a role at Direct Seafoods London and have skills as a sales person / account manager, a fishmonger or a driver, please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to sales@directseafoodslondon.co.uk

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Current vacancies

Job Title:       Telesales Executive
 
Location:      London (Bermondsey)
 
Salary:          Dependent on experience
 
Hours:           7:30am – 4:00pm – Monday to Friday and one Saturday every 2 months 8:00am to 12:00pm
 
Holidays:      20 days + 8 Bank/Public Holiday
 
 
Direct Seafood London supply fresh fish to the catering industry. The spectrum of our client base reaches from small independents to large national accounts.
 
If you excel at understanding the exacting needs of customers, regularly exceed their expectations, thrive on selling and enjoy working in a fast paced, targeted environment, then this is an exciting opportunity for you to join a dynamic team within a leading food services business based in London's city. There are clear progression paths to grow within the role and we aim to actively promote from within our business.
 
Job Role:
 
This is a customer focused role and will involve:-

• Growing existing accounts
• Developing new accounts
• Ensuring sales targets are met
• Processing orders
• Effective use of all sales analysis
• Management of call diaries
• Develop a strong working relationship with Business Development Managers
• Managing and achieving regularly set targets

Ideally candidates applying for this role should have previous sales/customer service experience preferably within foodservice (Fish and Seafood experience is preferable but not essential). You should be personable with a proven ability to work in a targeted sales environment.

• You will need to be highly organised with effective time management skills.

• You will also need to be proficient in in Word/Outlook/Excel with excellent typing skills to facilitate prompt and accurate data entry.

• You will be able to demonstrate assured and professional communication, both written and verbal. Much of your work will be telephone based, so you must be adept in the art of conversation and inspire our client’s confidence in you.

• You will have sales experience, preferably within foodservice but this is not an essential requirement. We aim to develop all our employees’ potential therefore all new starters are inducted in to our Sales Academy with ongoing learning and support.

• You should be driven and motivated by targets with the personal resilience to work well under pressure.

• Accountability - ensuring effective communication at all times with our Clients. Handling complaints, finding solutions where and when required, ensuring excellent management of accounts.

• Have previous experience of professionally managing social media accounts.

 
If you are interested in the above position you will need to send a copy of an up-to-date CV and any relevant qualification/certificates to recruitment@bidfresh.co.uk