New Business Executive

New Business Executive | Salary: Up to £40,000 DOE | Bedford, UK | Full-time 

Are you confident starting conversations with business decision-makers? Do you enjoy working towards clear targets and turning cold prospects into valuable sales opportunities? 

Carlton Packaging LLP is looking for a target-driven New Business Executive to secure new business appointments for our sales team.

The role 

Your main responsibility will be targeting businesses and booking 10 new business appointments each week for our sales team to attend. 

Using telephone calls, emails and LinkedIn, you’ll identify suitable prospects, build relationships and create genuine sales opportunities.

This is a high-volume outbound role, so you’ll need to be comfortable making at least 50 calls per day and speaking with new people.

Key responsibilities 

Book 10 qualified new business appointments per week 

Make at least 50 outbound B2B calls each day 

Research businesses and relevant decision-makers 

Generate at least 10 new leads per week 

Carry out fact-finding calls with potential customers 

Follow up with prospects by email and LinkedIn 

Build positive relationships with prospective customers 

Keep Salesforce accurate and up to date 

Manage call lists, workflows, reporting and data cleansing 

Gather feedback from sales representatives following appointments 

Reschedule meetings and support diary management 

Produce weekly telemarketing and performance reports 

Send sample packs and promotional items to potential customers 

Upload and manage lead data collected at trade shows About Carlton Packaging 

Carlton Packaging LLP is a forward-thinking packaging business built around teamwork, smart ideas and strong customer relationships. You’ll join a supportive team working towards shared commercial and marketing goals. 

The benefits 

Salary of up to £40,000 DOE  

23 days’ holiday plus bank holidays  

Medicash  The person  

To be considered, you must have:  

A target-driven approach  

Previous B2B cold-calling experience  

Experience making high volumes of outbound calls  

Experience using Salesforce  

Strong relationship-building skills  

Good verbal and written communication skills You’ll also need to be organised, resilient and comfortable managing your own workload. You should enjoy working as part of a team while remaining accountable for your individual targets and results.

What’s next? 

If you know how to open doors, build rapport and turn conversations into quality appointments, apply today