Contact Centre Sales Adviser

Are you ready for an exciting career opportunity? Lead Tech, a dynamic and award-winning business specialising in generating leads for financial advice firms, is thrilled to launch a local recruitment drive! Our focus is clear: we're on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals like you to join our vibrant Sales Contact Centre team. This isn't just about expanding our workforce – it's about investing in and empowering the incredible talent within West and North Yorkshire communities.

Why Choose Lead Tech:

At Lead Tech, our success is measured by the success of our employees. We take pride in fostering a culture where each team member not only works for the company but grows with it. Our organisational ethos is reflected in numerous success stories, showcasing significant career development and progression within our ranks.

About the Role:

We're seeking an energetic, self-motivated Sales Adviser to join our Contact Centre Team. This role is tailor-made for individuals with a sales background, who thrive on thinking on their feet to ensure every customer experiences the high-quality service that defines Lead Tech. If you are naturally engaging, possess impeccable communication skills, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

About Lead Tech:

Purpose-Driven: With over 15 years of experience, Lead Tech is committed to helping consumers access trusted and regulated financial solutions. Our purpose, "Connecting people. Improving lives," underscores our mission.

Top 100 UK Tech Companies: Recognised at the Northern Tech Awards for four consecutive years, we are a rapidly growing business based in the picturesque village of Pool in Wharfedale, north of Leeds city centre.

What sets us apart:

• Employee-Centric Culture: We value every team member, fostering an open culture where feedback is not just heard but acted upon. A sense of belonging is integral to the Lead Tech experience.
• Training and Development: We offer tailored learning and development plans, empowering individuals to reach their career goals. Your potential matters, and we want you to express your creativity in an empowered role.
• Environmental and Social Initiatives: We strive to be more than a profit-centric company, focusing on environmental and social initiatives. Our B Impact Assessment brings us closer to becoming B Corp certified.
• Regulatory Excellence: As the first and only business in our sector directly authorised by the FCA, our commitment to regulatory excellence underpins everything we do.

Overview of your role:

As a Sales Adviser, your responsibilities include making outbound calls to assist customers seeking financial advice through social media and Lead Tech websites. Your goal is to engage with customers, understand their needs, and schedule appointments with our financial advisers. Object handling and resolving queries are key aspects, and you'll work with warm leads to ensure a positive customer experience.

Unique aspects of the role:

• Soft Selling Emphasis: Delicate objection handling is crucial for a positive customer experience in this lead generation role.
• Warm Leads: You'll connect with individuals who have already expressed interest in financial advice.
• Team Collaboration: Beyond outbound calls, you'll support the sales teams with high attention to detail in a lively and welcoming team environment.

Qualities we value:

• Strong communication skills, especially in soft selling techniques.
• Ability to handle objections with finesse.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and dynamic individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about sales with a customer-centric approach.
• Calm and sympathetic communication style

What we offer:

• £23,000 basic salary - OTE £33,000 
• Following successful completion of the probationary period, the basic salary will be increased to £23,500.
• Uncapped Monthly Bonus: We reward heavily for a strong performance.
• Development Opportunities: Joining a rapidly expanding and profitable company, you'll have ample opportunities for growth.
• This role is working full-time hours between 8.00am - 8.00pm, Monday – Friday – 1 working 1 late shift a week and working 1 Saturday every 6 weeks.
• Hybrid working model.

Additional context:

We believe in fostering a supportive and dynamic work environment. Our financial advisers value the leads provided by our team who are consumer engagement specialists, making your role integral to our success. As part of a collaborative team, you'll play a vital role in connecting customers with the right financial expertise.

Required skills:

• Strong communication skills, especially in soft selling techniques.
• Ability to handle objections with finesse and maintain a positive customer experience.
• Proactive and self-motivated individuals who thrive in a dynamic work environment.
• Self-motivated passionate sales individuals
• A "people person", able to build a good rapport with the team and customers
• Communication is key to your success in this role which includes a calm, and sympathetic approach
• Flexible, able to work a variety of shifts, resilient and adaptable to perform and deliver within an ever-changing environment.
• If you have resilience, ambition and a great work ethic then please get in touch. We will provide you with all of the tools you need to be successful in this role.
• Build rapport with the customer to understand exactly what they need
• Walk our customers through the next steps
• Achieve all KPI's around activity and quality
• Achieve sales and performance targets set by the business
• Thrive in working in a fast paced, target focused environment high energy and high reward culture
• Provide an impeccable customer experience putting the customer at the heart of everything you do.
• Achieve individual and team targets and KPI’s and positively contribute to the team.
• Achieve and maintain appropriate compliance standards and knowledge in the Data Protection Act, Money Laundering and Treating Customers Fairly

Uncapped bonus scheme. We reward heavily for a strong performance.

We are a rapidly expanding, profitable company that is growing massively year on year.

Benefits:

• NO COLD CALLING
• Superb development
• Joining a well-established company with a friendly, welcoming atmosphere
• Diverse and community minded organisation
• Competitive salary plus generous bonus scheme
• Generous holidays: you can expect 24 days paid annual leave (increasing based on length of service), plus bank holidays
• Early finish Fridays: we like to get the weekend started early – so we leave at 4pm every Friday
• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Paid volunteer time
• Private dental insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Health and Wellbeing programme
• Annual company bonus

We’re all social butterflies at heart, so expect to join a number of social events from day one

We appreciate our staff and we’re committed to investing in you. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast growing business.

As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at Lead Tech. We actively celebrate colleagues’ different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender.

Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us. We will develop your skill set, and we will give you all the tools to develop your skills at Lead Tech. Ideally, you will have some exposure to financial services products. However, we are more interested in your willingness to learn, your sales/customer service ability and your professional attitude.

If you want to work around like-minded individuals and build a long lasting career then get your CV across to us. Join our team we are based in Pool-in-Wharfedale, Leeds.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Otley, LS21 1FD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Willing to work a variety of shift patterns

Experience:

• Financial services: 1 year (preferred)
• Outbound sales: 1 year (required)