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The Bauer Media South commercial team operate across the region from the South West through to the South East including Torquay, Bristol, Dorchester, Bournemouth, Salisbury, Southampton, Portsmouth, Chichester, Aylesbury, Basingstoke, Reading, Guildford, Oxford, London, Ipswich and Norwich.
Our teams work with a wide range of local businesses across multiple sectors, and the Sales Operations team provide vital support services across multiple disciplines in order to maximise performance and help deliver the best possible service to our internal and external stakeholders.
What You'll Do
Knowledge and experience of the below would be an advantage, but not necessarily essential. Full training will be provided.
Systems & processes
- You’ll be a CRM Super User with the required level of skill and knowledge of the system and processes to support the commercial team in resolving issues.
- Competently train and coach users on the CRM system and processes.
- Re-tag client account records to the correct account manager based on a territory model.
Booking & planning
- Assist commercial team members with planning and laydowns for advertising campaigns using the planning system.
- Ensure relevant paperwork is logged and compliant in order to book on client orders.
Reporting
- Produce revenue and forecast reports.
- Assist commercial leaders and team members with producing financial and performance reports.
- Review opportunities past estimated close date and liaise with the commercial team to ensure these are reduced.
Marketing & presentations
- Ensure the set suite of presentations and marketing templates are used for all client proposals and marketing activities.
- Assist the commercial team in producing high-quality client proposals with meaningful insight.
- Monitoring open leads and ensuring compliance.
Customer focus
- Build excellent relationships with customers and clients through regular communication, over-delivering on expectations, and building trust.
- Provide ad hoc administrative support as requested.
- Respond to customer queries in a quick and timely manner.
Finance
- Liaise with account managers and the credit control/finance teams to manage payments and resolve queries.
- Assist with month end reconciliation.
What You'll Bring
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Self-motivated with a positive attitude
- Effective time management skills, with an analytical attention to detail.
- Strong team player work ethic.
- Curious and always willing to learn.
- Conscientious – punctual, willing to work hard and go beyond the call of duty.
- Ability to work under pressure to deadlines.
- First class numeracy and administrative skills.
- A creative thought process, with a solutions-focused approach to problem-solving.
- Proficient in use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience in a sales-orientated environment.
- An understanding of digital media.
Package Description
Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers
About Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and money-helper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our increasingly diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 15,000 shares a passion – to deliver content and services that are popular with, and helpful to, our customers and partners.
As the UK’s biggest selling magazine publisher, we create iconic and influential magazine media brands, digital properties and associated consumer and B2B live events for diverse, passionate audiences. We reach 25 million consumers through our portfolio, which includes heat, Grazia, Closer, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Parkers, Mother& Baby, TV Choice, Take a Break, Bella, Yours, Garden News and Country Walking. Our scale, coupled with the breadth of our portfolio, gives us an advantage over pure play magazine competitors. It also gives us a huge responsibility - our brands become the lens through which our audiences see the world, and for this reason, we take our responsibilities as a media outlet very seriously, recognising that we are responsible for shaping perceptions in the wider world.
