Job description
A fantastic opportunity for graduates as a first step in your career to join our company as we grow!
Looking for candidates who are immediately available to start.
Location: London/Burgess Hill
Acora Overview
We are a UK based, award winning, IT services and technology company with over 25 years’ experience. We provide a range of IT support and Microsoft-centric, business software and cloud solutions to help mid-market organisations modernise their IT so they can compete and win in the digital economy. More than 300 clients trust us to take responsibility for part, or all, of their IT from solution design to support.
Acora has its Head Office in Burgess Hill, West Sussex as well as locations in Bletchley and Solihull.
We are growing, ambitious and hard working. Our desire is to be an employer of choice with happy and fulfilled employees. Training, development and wellbeing are important aspects of our people focus.
About the Business Development Executive role
We’re currently all working from home but have created a great team culture remotely. We hope to be back in London soon and you’ll sometimes have to visit our Burgess Hill HQ to meet the rest of the team.
- This role sits at the heart of the Sales & Marketing team, works alongside a number of other graduates in the team, and is a vital position for our new business growth plans.
- You will learn all about the disciplines of sales, marketing, business, IT and technology.
- The business is small enough that you feel an important part, but we’re looking to scale and grow, it’s your chance to get in now.
- Using industry-leading tools such as Microsoft Dynamics, Marketo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and with support of a formidable sales team and a supportive marketing team, you’ll be responsible for securing C-level introductions within our target market.
- Our aim is not lots of communications in a ‘spray and pray’ approach but a sophisticated selling methodology that tailors our propositions to those prospects that we really believe would benefit from Acora’s services.
- This involves conducting detailed market research, inputting into marketing campaigns, creating persuasive emails, Inmails and telephone calls (yes you will have to call, but every call should be warm, researched and focused – not cold!), attending sales meetings and Microsoft teams calls and working with closely with everyone in the commercial team to drive new business machine.
- Our culture is one of empowerment, teamwork and encouragement and rewards high performers.
- Great start to any career – and you can build one with Acora as we grow. Especially good for those looking to work within business development, sales or marketing functions - with lots of life lessons and opportunities to grow in a supportive but challenging work environment for those willing to take them.
- Great commission scheme, which rewards you at every step of the sales cycle.
Who we’re looking for in our Business Development Executive
- Amazing energetic graduates with oodles of confidence, competitiveness, commercial awareness and communication skills – everything else we can train!
- We’re looking to build a high-performance team. It’s important that your written and spoken communication is strong.
- Confident yet collaborative - no room for egos.
- We like people who have an interest in the news and what’s going on in the world.
- Strong grades at school and university.
To be successful you need to apply process, persistence, personality and a bit of pizazz.
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Extra information
- Status
- Closed
- Education Level
- Other
- Location
- London
- Working hours per week
- 4 - 40
- Type of Contract
- Full Time Jobs
- Profession type
- Training
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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