Sales Administrator
Job description
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Internal Sales Executive
Salary: £29,000
Hours: 08:00 – 17:00
Location: Bradley Stoke
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Internal Sales Executive to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and driving sales activity by handling inbound enquiries, managing customer accounts, and ensuring a smooth sales process from enquiry through to order completion. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong communication, organisation, and customer-focused skills to develop their career in a professional, fast-paced environment.
Core Duties
- Manage inbound sales enquiries and convert leads into confirmed orders
- Prepare and process sales quotations and orders accurately and efficiently
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, providing ongoing support and follow-up
- Liaise closely with internal teams, including sales, administration, and warehouse, to ensure seamless order fulfilment
- Maintain and update customer and sales data using internal systems and Microsoft Office
- Produce sales reports and support the field sales team where required
- Handle customer returns and resolve order-related queries professionally
Requirements
- Previous experience in internal sales, inbound sales, or a sales support role is preferred but not essential
- Strong IT skills with confident use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively
- A proactive, sales-focused mindset with a strong customer service ethic
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
- Quick learner with the ability to adapt to new systems and processes
This role offers a rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys customer interaction, sales support, and working as part of a collaborative team. We welcome applicants who are motivated, detail-oriented, and keen to contribute to the continued success of our internal sales operation.
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Our tips for applying
5 recommandations générées par notre IA pour maximiser vos chances.
⭐ Open your Personal Statement with explicit mention of inbound sales and order processing experience, as the advert lists these as the two primary duties.
📊 Quantify your sales support impact: e.g. 'Processed 80+ sales quotations per week, achieving a 65% lead-to-order conversion rate' to stand out against generic applicants.
🎯 Highlight your Microsoft Office proficiency prominently — the advert specifically names Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, so list each individually rather than writing 'MS Office'.
🤝 Include a bullet demonstrating cross-functional liaison (e.g. coordinating with warehouse or logistics teams), as the role explicitly requires working with sales, admin, and warehouse departments.
📋 Tailor your CV to show experience with CRM or internal order management systems, even if by a different name, as 'internal systems' data management is listed as a core duty.
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- •Managed 75+ inbound sales enquiries weekly, converting 62% into confirmed orders by preparing accurate quotations and following up within 24 hours using Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
- •Liaised daily with warehouse and field sales teams to coordinate order fulfilment for 120 active customer accounts, reducing order discrepancy rate by 30% over 6 months.
- •Produced weekly sales performance reports in Excel for a 5-person field sales team, enabling data-driven territory reviews that contributed to a 15% uplift in quarterly revenue.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Reed's Internal Sales Executive position in Bradley Stoke aligns directly with my background in inbound sales enquiry handling and order processing. The requirement to manage the full sales cycle — from lead conversion through to order fulfilment — and to produce accurate sales quotations using Microsoft Office reflects work I carry out day-to-day and genuinely enjoy.
My background in internal sales support has equipped me with strong CRM data management skills and the ability to liaise effectively across sales, administration, and warehouse teams to ensure seamless order completion. In a previous role, I processed over 70 inbound enquiries per week, maintaining a consistent conversion rate while resolving customer returns and queries to a high standard of satisfaction.
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Technical
- ›Which CRM or order management systems have you used, and how did you maintain data accuracy within them?
- ›Describe how you would use Excel to produce a weekly sales report for a field sales team.
- ›How do you manage and prioritise a high volume of inbound sales enquiries during a busy period?
- ›Walk me through the steps you take to process a sales quotation from initial enquiry through to confirmed order.
- ›How have you used Microsoft Outlook to manage customer follow-ups and internal communications simultaneously?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you successfully converted an inbound enquiry into a confirmed order — what approach did you take?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to liaise between multiple internal departments to resolve an order issue. What was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of when you handled a difficult customer return or complaint professionally. How did you resolve it?
- ›Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to a new system or process at work. How did you manage the transition?
- ›Describe a time when you had to balance multiple priorities under pressure. How did you ensure nothing was missed?
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Tell me about a time you successfully converted an inbound enquiry into a confirmed order — what approach did you take?
Describe a situation where you had to liaise between multiple internal departments to resolve an order issue. What was the outcome?