Outbound Sales Representative Southampton

At Vissensa, we believe there is no business too big or small to benefit from exciting new innovations. As a team, we see the impact our support has, and the positive outcome of what we do for our customers – that’s what motivates us, keeps us innovating and moving forward.

Vissensa is a privately owned, ethical provider of IT and Cloud services, with a global reach, technical expertise and a forward thinking approach to technology. We have been providing innovative, secure and cost-efficient solutions to organisations for over 15 years and are considered one of the leading IT service providers in the industry.

If you want to work with an organisation that values your input, listens to your ideas and encourages you to grow and develop – then we’d love to hear from you. We never stop learning, and we look for people who want to learn too, people who are passionate and want to increase their knowledge of the industry.

“Our strap-line is Forward Thinking IT – that applies to us as a business and as a team. If you are forward thinking too, you're going to love it at Vissensa.” – Sam Nunn CCO

Vissensa Values

Pushing technological boundaries and stepping beyond already established market capabilities to revolutionise IT.

Treating customer relationships as long term partnerships, not transactional business, driving them forward, and celebrating in their success.

Highly experienced IT specialists aiming to exceed customers’ expectations by delivering solutions of exceptional quality.

Committing to customers, employees, and our planet. Every decision made is morally, ethically and sustainably considered.

Combining over a decade of experience with elite market intelligence to continually evolve and develop within the world of IT.

Innovation

Pushing technological boundaries and stepping beyond already established market capabilities to revolutionise IT.

Reputation

Treating customers as long term partnerships, not transactional business. Driving them forward, and celebrating in their success.

Excellence

Highly experienced IT specialists aiming to exceed customers’ expectations by delivering solutions of exceptional quality.

Commitment

Committing to customers, employees, and our planet. Every decision made is morally, ethically and sustainably considered.

Resilience

Combining over a decade of experience with elite market intelligence to continually evolve and develop within the world of IT.

Outbound Sales Representative Southampton – Job Description

This is a great opportunity for someone who is up for the challenge of pushing the outbound side of our lead generation plan, working within the marketing and sales team.  

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Outbound Sales Representative, will be joining an existing experienced team of sales and marketing professionals at an exciting time where the right candidate has the opportunity to stamp their own mark on the sales and marketing operations of this fast growing South Coast IT company that grew their business organically by over 50% during their FY 2022/23. 

Due to exciting growth plans, you must be a motivated individual with some experience in lead generation/inside sales within the B2B area, who can confidently find, screen, and contact prospects to create new sales opportunities around IT support and infrastructure. This could be targeting small to medium businesses around IT support or large enterprise organisations who are looking for experts to implement important IT infrastructure. Therefore, some lead generation experience in the IT industry would be beneficial but not essential. 

Vissensa actively recruit from within for new roles within the business. So, a successful candidate has the ability to progress within the business into a dedicated sales orientated role if desired.  

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom (We follow a hybrid work approach, but office presence is required 4 days a week)

Essential Role Requirements:

  • To check and enhance data generated from a variety of sources to exclude any duplication with records on the CRM 
  • To qualify these prospects to confirm that they match the target company profile (location, turnover, employee numbers) 
  • To research and add full contact details (including business name, telephone no, contact name and title) of prospects from sources. 
  • Proactively seek new business opportunities by researching target companies and sectors that could require IT support, a managed service or consultancy. 
  • To support the creation of sales opportunities by building relationships with prospects in target companies through email, LinkedIn and telephone communications making initial cold calls as appropriate. This could include: 
    • Making initial LinkedIn connection requests and doing the pre-call communications with the prospect 
    • Checking LinkedIn daily to act on newly accepted connections and messages. 
    • Managing and maintaining a pipeline of prospects 
    • Following the sales process for email communications 
    • Following up on sector specific email campaigns 
    • Adding contacts to nurture email campaigns and then watching for interaction. 
    • Making outbound calls Managing inbound calls 
    • Make timely responses to any questions from prospects. 

About You:

  • Experience of using the Sales Navigator tool within LinkedIn. 
  • Driven and motivated with a self-starter attitude. 
  • Good communicator. 
  • Good understanding of the sales process. 
  • Experience working within a B2B sales/lead generation role. 
  • Ideally some experience within the IT industry. 
  • Be within a commutable distance to Castle Malwood, Southampton. 

What's in it for me?

  • Great hours – Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:30
  • Salary Negotiable
  • 22 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
  • Pension Scheme
  • Dress down in the Office
  • Free onsite parking at Head Office

Salary – £25-30k with an realistic OTE of £35-40k

Selection Process

  • Our selection process is as follows: (1st Phase) Application
  • Hiring Team Video Interview, (2nd Phase)
  • Physical face to face interview involving scenario based questions and answer.

Why Vissensa?

We have strong expertise in delivering complex, sensitive environments, providing secure solutions for challenger businesses seeking a qualitative, bespoke approach. We’re commercially creative and transparent with clients. We take a long-term interest in each clients’ success, achieving trusted adviser status and we’re supported by strong supplier partnerships giving us an edge when we need it. When you become a part of the team, we’ll take a real interest in your success too.

Our culture is ethical, professional and driven. Reputation is our currency and the values we live by as a team include innovation, commitment, resilience, and excellence. And, of course, on occasion we let our hair down and enjoy spending quality time together outside of work as people, instead of colleagues.

To apply email your CV to hr@vissensa.com