Sales Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Richard Fleischman & Associates, Inc.

Description

This position will be responsible for supporting the Global Managing Director & CRO with the administration of the function and in time RFA's further expansion into the Financial Service Industry globally.

• CRM and Sales data Management
• Sales Administration assistance
• General assistant tasks for Global Managing Director & CRO
• Assistance with setting meetings and Diary management for GMD & CRO
• Assistance with event coordination and invitations
• Report Building in excel, CRM, PowerBI

• Lead Management system Control, maintenance, Coordination
• KPI reporting and followup support to Managing Director
• Presentation Building and Assistance
• Assist with the updating and Maintenance of the Sales pipeline and CRM systems to track sales activity
• Daily Sales Administration including Report Building
• Learn and understand the target sector in order to assist with networking and RFA promotional activities.
• Assistance with Marketing and Sales campaigns.
• Assist Business Development in proposal writing.
• Assist with population of marketing materials and procurement of related materials.
• Have an involvement with new business generation activities.
• Assist with maintaining strategic relationships with people and companies that may bring or refer new business, such as but not limited to Fund Administrators and Leading financial software developers.
• Gain a clear understanding of Clients' overall business and IT strategies; effectively communicate to RFA design and produce initial proposal drafts.
• Liaison with all relevant business units to secure resources required to complete task/s on time when completing proposals or RFP responses.
• Collaborate across departmental lines to promote outstanding Client service.
• Maintain excellent tracking of business activities through RFA's CRM system.

• Desirable 2+ years of experience in Sales and Account/Client Relation Management (or similar related experience, i.e. Office Management in an IT firm) consultative, solutionbased environment with demonstrable ability to show proactive prospecting abilities.
• Basic understanding of Infrastructure Technology.
• Excellent active listening skills and able to ask relevant questions in order to gather, document and communicate effectively with Clients and internal project stakeholders.
• Able to work on simultaneous projects (multitask) and completing tasks in a timely manner with mínimal supervision.
• Strong organisational, relationship and verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong cold calling ability and excellent follow through.
• Ability to communicate with technical and nontechnical professionals including VP and C-Level professionals in a clear and concise manner.
• High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint).
• Financial Service Industry experience strongly preferred.
• Sales Methodology experience.
• Proposal writing experience and skills.
• Excellent telephone skills.
• High degree of accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise issues