Established over thirty years ago my client is a successful, family-run, Commercial Cleaning company based in London with a healthy growth and a £13m turnover. They provide a broad variety of soft FM/cleaning services across the UK with a network of local offices. They hold on to the principles and ethics on which they were founded and they are still very much at the heart of what they do today. They have a deeply held commitment to deliver excellent client satisfaction to a client base that encompasses companies in many sectors.

I am currently working in partnership with them to recruit an industry experienced (contract cleaning) sales professional. The purpose of the role is to sell the company’s range of services across London. The company has telesales support, access to the relevant portals for tenders and receives a good number of quality enquiries from their website. The successful candidate would also be expected to engage in proactive activities to pinpoint sales opportunities.

Candidate requirements

• You must have at least two years’ experience of selling commercial cleaning contracts with a proven track record of winning £1m pa in new business sales.
• Have the drive and capability to undertake the full sales process from lead generation, through site survey, financial metrics, proposal creation, to contract signature.
• Reside within the London area. 
• Possess a professional appearance with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have a full working knowledge of tenders and outbound sales process
• Be a holder of a clean driving licence
• Have a stable career history and a track record of sales success. 

Salary circa £40k-£45k, commission (based on the annual net sale value), vehicle (electric) or pool car, laptop, mobile, NEST pension and 28 days holiday

We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore, if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Fairford Associates operates as an Employment Agency introducing work-seekers to client employers for direct employment by those employers.