Senior Sales Executive Resume Sample

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Joe Logo

Senior Sales Executive

Winning new business and growing key accounts

+44 161 555 0673
linkedin.com/in/joe-logo-sales

Senior sales executive with twelve years in B2B sales, the last six selling and growing accounts for a technology and services company in Manchester. Wins new business and grows existing accounts — prospecting, running the sales cycle end to end, negotiating and closing, and building the long-term relationships that drive repeat revenue. Consistently exceeded target and brought in several of the company's largest new accounts. Manages a pipeline and forecast, runs discovery and demos, negotiates and closes deals, and farms accounts for growth and renewals. Strong on both the hunting for new business and the relationship-building that keeps clients. Resilient, persuasive and genuinely consultative. Looking for a senior-sales-executive, account-executive or business-development role with a company selling something worth buying.

LocationManchester, UK
NationalityBritish
GenderMale
Notice Period1 month
Date of Birth1988-08-14
Work Experience
(April 2016 to Present)10 years & 3 months

Manchester Technology Group - Manchester, UK

Senior Sales Executive

Win the new business and grow the existing accounts right across the full B2B sales cycle.
Consistently exceeded the target and brought in several of the company's largest ever new accounts.
Prospect, run the discovery and demos, and negotiate and close the deals end to end.
Manage a full pipeline and forecast and keep all the deals moving toward the close.
Farm the key accounts for growth, the upsell and the renewals over the long term.
Build the consultative and lasting relationships that drive the real repeat revenue year on year.
(August 2010 to March 2016)5 years & 8 months

North West Business Solutions - Manchester, UK

Sales Executive / Account Manager

Sold and managed the accounts across a B2B portfolio for the business.
Hit all the targets through the prospecting, the closing and account growth.
Learned the consultative selling, negotiation and pipeline management on the job.
Gained the certification and then progressed into a senior-sales-executive role.
(June 2007 to July 2010)3 years & 2 months

North West Business Solutions - Manchester, UK

Sales Representative

Worked as a sales rep prospecting, pitching and closing new business.
Hit the quota and learned the full sales cycle on the job.
Built up the hunting and closing skills that senior selling needs.
Then earned the move into a full sales-executive role from there.
Education
(September 2007 to June 2010)2 years & 10 months

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) Business & Marketing - Business & Marketing

Degree in business and marketing covering sales, marketing and commercial strategy, with a placement. The placement led into B2B sales. Built the commercial foundation the role needs.
(January 2014 to May 2014)5 months

Chartered Institute of Marketing

Consultative Selling & Negotiation Certification - Sales

Certification in consultative selling and negotiation covering the sales cycle, value selling and closing. It sharpened the selling craft applied daily. Applied directly to winning and growing accounts.
Highlights

Won the biggest accounts

Consistently exceeded target and brought in several of the company's largest new accounts. Landing marquee accounts proves both the hunting and the closing skill.

Hunts and farms

Wins new logos and then grows them into long-term, repeat-revenue relationships. Doing both is what makes a senior sales executive truly valuable.
Technical Skills
  • New Business Sales
  • Account Growth
  • Consultative Selling
  • Negotiation & Closing
  • Pipeline Management
  • Prospecting
  • Discovery & Demos
  • Forecasting
  • Relationship Management
  • CRM
Languages

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Spanish

Limited Working Proficiency
Certifications

Consultative Selling & Negotiation

Chartered Institute of Marketing (May 2014 to Present)

Certification in consultative selling and negotiation covering the sales cycle, value selling and closing. It sharpened the selling craft applied daily. Applied directly to winning and growing accounts.

Solution Selling & Key Account Management

Miller Heiman (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in solution selling and key-account management covering value selling, negotiation and account growth. It supports both the new-business hunting and the long-term account farming.
Personal Skills
  • Drive
  • Persuasion
  • Resilience
  • Communication
  • Relationship Building
References

Mark Stenson, Manchester Technology Group

Sales Director Reference

Rachel Owens, (client account)

Key Client Reference

Activities & Interests

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