Hybrid Sales Lead – Outbound

Posted 4 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Sales Lead managing outbound sales mostly in contact centre environment at The Economist Group. Driving performance and quality assurance in outbound sales strategy through vendor management and reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the successful delivery of the outbound telemarketing sales activity
  • Develop and deliver new testing and activity to support the outbound strategy
  • Achieve agreed targets by proactively driving sales performance and quality assurance through the OBTM channel
  • Lead daily calls with outsourced contact centre, providing guidance and feedback around performance metrics and identifying areas of best practice and improvement
  • Ensure activity delivered by outsource partner is aligned to standards in all aspects of operational delivery, including targets, process and quality requirements
  • Support inbound sales channel as required
  • Use reporting and data to analyse and drive performance
  • Manage the quality process and ensure our contact centre partner is fully calibrated with requirements
  • Spend regular time on site at outsourced contact centre(s) to support and drive sales and quality performance
  • Get involved with ad hoc projects which relate to the goals of the Sales team

Requirements

  • Working knowledge and proven success in the delivery of outbound sales campaigns
  • Expertise in influencing and managing all OBTM levers
  • Ability to set up new tests and campaigns and associated processes, reporting and training
  • Previous work experience within a contact centre environment (either in-house or outsourced)
  • Sales-driven mindset and enjoys achieving targets
  • Direct experience of working in a sales/retention team within a contact centre
  • Working knowledge of delivering sales activity to the standards of a quality assurance programme within a contact centre setting
  • Vendor management experience (preferable)
  • Understands and implements an appropriate balance between sales and quality
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • High level of attention to detail
  • Coaching and performance management skills
  • Proactive with a sense of urgency
  • Self-motivated driven to succeed

Benefits

  • Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
  • Private health insurance
  • 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through Employee Assistance Program
  • Work From Anywhere program for up to 25 days per year
  • Generous annual and parental leave
  • Dedicated days off for volunteering and moving home
  • Free access to all The Economist content

Job title

Sales Lead – Outbound

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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