Sales Executive (Modernization)
Our Northern sales team are looking for a highly motivated and results-driven Salesperson with extensive sales experience (Lift Industry knowledge not required). Has a proven track record of exceeding sales targets and building strong customer relationships. Adept at identifying client needs, presenting tailored solutions, and closing deals to drive business growth. We believe that to best serve our customers we need to understand their business, their challenges and their goals – so whatever your sales background you’ll need to be curious, authentic and passionate about building sustainable partnerships.
Be comfortable with communicating complex information/proposals to a wide range of stakeholders, from residential building owners/occupants to commercial/retail Facility Managers and a range of industry experts.
You’ll be hungry for success, collaborative in your approach and able to influence both internal and external stakeholders at all levels. If you have the drive and ambition to help us create the best people flow® experience for our customers, then we’d love to hear from you.
This position will cover mainly customers in and around Glasgow & Edinburgh including a few customers further a field.
Key responsibilities
- Managing existing portfolio for small to medium sized repairs.
- Development of existing and new customer relationships.
- Proactive engagement with customers, identification of aging units creating customer demand for modernising their elevators.
- Early engagement supporting customers with life cycle budgets.
- Accountability over agreed business objectives, sales budget, and pricing targets in the designated market area.
- Collaboration with the rest of KONE team to improve customer satisfaction.
- Timely and accurate reporting of sales and customer data.
Skills and Experience Required
- Systematic solution selling approach to selling.
- Customer centric mindset - Desire to understand what creates value to our customers and courage to experiment and embrace innovate thinking.
- Industry experience is beneficial or would suit those with experience in service, construction or engineering.
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills to gain access and work with the right external and internal networks.
- Previous experience and results in Sales and customer relationship management.
- Good communication skills in English (written and spoken).
- Basic knowledge of contractual and financial terms.
- Good IT skills, CRM (Salesforce).
What KONE can offer:
We offer a Competitive Salary, 25 days holiday and 8 additional Bank Holidays, 1 Volunteering Day, Pension Scheme, Development opportunities and development reviews to help you achieve your professional goals. Endless support from experienced leaders within the lift & doors industry, Car, Quarterly Commission, Allowance, Private Medical Insurance, Kone Discounts, Prolonged Disability Insurance (PDI), Long Service Awards, Hybrid Working, 24/7 GP Support & Wellbeing Access.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live.
As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings.
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.