Trademark Sales Assistant - The Vegan Society
Birmingham, West Midlands

The Company

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey - and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible, and an easily adopted approach, by supporting individuals, policy and decision-makers, caterers, manufacturers, healthcare professionals and the media.

The Commercial Services Department is responsible for the majority of income generated via The Vegan Trademark licencing fees and provides product checking services, account handling, and promotional opportunities for our Trademark Holders.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Trademark Sales Assistant to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £23,646 - £24,849 per annum
- 28 days’ leave + 8 public bank holidays (25 days’ annual leave and 3 closure days)
- Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
- Access to 24/7 virtual GP service- A fun and supportive team
- A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
- Cycle to work scheme
- Volunteer days
- Animal companion compassionate leave
- Death in service benefit
- Climate perks policy (up to 6 days additional paid time off when choosing sustainable transportation for foreign holidays)

If you’re a sales professional with a wealth of successful cold-calling experience, this is an unmissable opportunity to step into a rewarding role and help us shape the landscape of ethical consumerism.

You’ll discover a rewarding role, making a real impact and aligning your career with your values, pitching the benefits of the Vegan Trademark!

In return, you’ll be rewarded with ample professional support and opportunities for career growth alongside an array of amazing benefits that reflect our commitment to ethical values, including home-working and ethical perks!

The Role

As a Trademark Sales Assistant, you will proactively contact businesses to promote the benefits of the Vegan Trademark.

Working within a team of sales professionals, you will generate leads from cold outreach over the phone, via email, across social channels and at events. You will pass leads to Sales Executives and brief them on the prospect and next steps.

You will drive outbound sales, collaborating with colleagues to carry out your own research to grow our reach and qualify all outbound leads via an initial discovery conversation.

As the first point of contact within the sales team, you will represent our organisation in a warm, friendly and knowledgeable way, as well as supporting the marketing team with ideas for outbound sales collateral.

Additionally, you will:

- Pitch business opportunities worth circa £1000 in value to new customers
- Keep records up to date using our designated (CRM) tool
- Occasionally attend trade shows
- Provide monthly progress updates to the Line Manager

About You

To be considered as a Trademark Sales Assistant, you will need:

- Experience in a sales role
- Experience of successfully approaching customers using cold calling techniques
- Relationship-building skills
- Organisational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- English, Maths & Science GCSEs at grade A*-C (Grade 4 and above) or equivalent

The closing date for this role is the 7th June 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, BDE, Call Centre Operative, Contact Centre Operator, Sales Account Manager, Sales Rep, or Sales Representative.

The Vegan Society values equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. As users of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

So, if you're ready to make a meaningful impact in the vegan movement as a Trademark Sales Assistant, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.