our client is internationally recognised as the leading association for fitness industry professionals they are currently looking to recruit a business development executive to join their successful team the position the business development executive is responsible for meeting and exceeding sales targets and maximising sales of products and services with a particular focus on vipr and pta global within the sports industry and health fitness sector the business development executive is responsible for providing excellent customer service building positive business relationships and working with staff to ensure that any agreements commitments are delivered within appropriate timeframes dutiesareas of responsibility recruitment of new business identify and contact businesses not currently working with our clients business make contact and sales by telephoning meeting or attending relevant exhibitions and events in order to make contact with potential clients deal with incoming queries effectively and provide responses within 24 hours prepare and plan day in order to make efficient use of sales time achieve daily minimum performance criteria retention of current clients up sale all existing products to existing clients make regular contact with current clients to ensure the development and maintenance of a strong relationship and ensure the delivery of excellent customer service to these clients where and when appropriate to meet with clients to build the relationship and understanding of their business needs departmental support assist and support the management and activation of sales contracts as and when necessary understand the company products and how they can support external customers attendance at events attend our client events in order to provide support or service to advertisers partners or sponsors in attendance administration meet regularly with fp clients to build positive and productive relationships with them assist bdm with sourcing and distribution of leads ensure personal cancellations are dealt with and overturned in a timely and professional manor ensure that all sales activity is recorded and that this record is kept up to date with contacts represent our client at any conferences meetings and events as appropriate receive and deal with enquiries on a priority basis follow up on general enquiries enter all relevant information on the fp database telesales of existing and new enquiries this job was originally posted as wwwtotaljobscomjobseekingbusinessdevelopmentexecutivefitnessindustryassociationjob