Customer Development Specialist

Posted 26 Days Ago
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Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Junior
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The Role
The Customer Development Specialist is responsible for prospecting and qualifying new business opportunities, supporting Account Managers with project development, maintaining customer relationships, and managing CRM records. They conduct research to generate leads, handle pricing and quotes for accounts, and re-engage lapsed customers to promote products and drive growth.
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Location: Birmingham

Role PurposeResponsible for prospecting, identifying and qualifying new business opportunities in tandem with the Account Manager and for maintaining customer and project information in the CRM system. The customer development specialist establishes rapport and product confidence with customers. The position troubleshoots potential issues and resolves existing problems and maintains excellent customer relationships.

Accountabilities

  • Supporting Account Managers in meeting or exceeding their annual sales quota by assisting with project development and helping to identify key decision makers.
  • Developing and cultivating relationships with Architects, End Users and Contractors. Generating leads and scheduling sales appointments for Account Managers
  • Conducting ongoing research of relevant and viable projects from various sources; i.e. project information leads, trade magazines, sending and following up samples orders, etc. Pre-qualifying applicable leads for entry into sales funnel
  • Recommend potential products or services to management/Senior AM’s by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs
  • Manage the process of pricing internally and to quote to selected accounts
  • Maintain CRM to ensure all records for assigned accounts are accurate and informative with relevant contact information included
  • Set up new accounts by inputting and maintaining all relevant project related and customer information, creating and distributing formal quotes for customers
  • Support Account managers within the region for quick turnaround requests e.g. quotations and pricing and react quickly to customer enquiries through the desk based hub phone number.
  • Co-ordinate & execute weekly telephone calls with Account Managers to prioritise weekly activities, discuss opportunities identified from research to determine which projects need to be developed in sales funnel.
  • Manage a portfolio of customers, both existing and new (including re-engaging with declining or lapsed accounts) through relationship building you will identify their needs and promote Interface products and solutions to drive growth

Knowledge, skills and experience

  • Experience of supporting a multi-influencer B2B sales environment. Confident and pleasant telephone manner
  • Experience of working within CRM preferably Salesforce
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office
  • Ability to interact with all levels of management, staff and employees
  • Passionate about developing sales and customer relationships through the promotion of products and services
  • Excellent organisational skills ability to prioritise
  • Professional approach to team and client relationships
  • Resilient under pressure
  • Good sales, interpersonal and analytical skills with ability to meet and exceed targets

Top Skills

CRM
MS Office
Salesforce
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The Company
Atlanta, Georgia
2,743 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1973

What We Do

Interface is a world-leading modular flooring company with a fully integrated collection of carpet tiles and resilient flooring. Our modular system helps customers create interior spaces while positively impacting the people who use them and our planet.

We’re here to realize a more beautiful world, with people and environment in harmony. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites industry to join us as we commit to running our business in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.

We're always looking for passionate, committed individuals to help us get there. Problem solvers. Creative thinkers. True individuals, who don’t follow convention but challenge it.

At Interface, that’s a responsibility we all share. From our research labs to our production floor, we’re always looking to design a better way. To inspire others, and to embrace a better tomorrow. If you’re ready to make a real difference, then join us.

Help us lead industry to love the world

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