Internal Sales

Equals One; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Equals One is seeking an Internal Sales professional to grow sales in an office-based role in Birmingham. You will contact customers by telephone, manage an assigned portfolio of C and D accounts, and drive opportunities, reactivations and new business.

The role emphasizes regular customer contact, data-driven opportunity identification and collaboration with Sales, Marketing and Customer Service teams to meet company targets.

Qualifications

• Degree in life sciences is essential.
• Confident communicating with customers by telephone.
• Proactive, enthusiastic and commercially minded.
• Strong communication skills to initiate conversations and build relationships.
• Comfortable working towards sales targets and KPIs.
• Experience within laboratories, academia or life sciences organisations is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow an assigned portfolio to achieve sales and profit targets.
• Proactively contact customers by telephone to understand requirements and opportunities.
• Review data to identify growth, cross-sell and repeat business opportunities.
• Reactivate inactive customers through outbound calling and follow-up.
• Research prospective customers to generate and qualify new opportunities.
• Qualify leads and route opportunities to the Sales Team as needed.
• Arrange qualified appointments for field-based Sales Executives.
• Prepare and follow up quotations per company processes.
• Review tender notifications and forward suitable opportunities to UK Head of Sales.
• Maintain accurate CRM records of interactions and quotations.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and Customer Service to support customers.

Skills

Telephone skills

Proactive mindset

Sales-focused

CRM proficiency

Account management

Education

Degree in life sciences

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Internal Sales

Location: Office-based, Birmingham

Salary: £28K - £30K + 25% OTE

Primary Purpose

To grow sales and profit from an assigned portfolio, primarily consisting of C and D accounts, through proactive and regular customer contact. The role will focus on developing existing accounts, reactivating lapsed customers and generating new sales opportunities. Telephone contact will be the primary method of communication, supported by email and other appropriate channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and grow an assigned portfolio, primary consisting of C and D accounts, to achieve agreed sales, profit and activity targets.
• Proactively contact customers by telephone to understand their requirements, identify opportunities and increase engagement.
• Review customer and sales data to identify opportunities for account growth, cross-selling and repeat business.
• Reactivate inactive customers through structured outbound calling and follow-up activity.
• Research and contact prospective customers to generate and qualify new business opportunities.
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads, handling opportunities directly where appropriate or passing them to the relevant member of the Sales Team.
• Arrange qualified customer appointments for the field-based Sales Executives.
• Prepare and follow up quotations in line with company processes.
• Review tender notifications, assess their relevance and forward suitable opportunities to UK Head of Sales.
• Maintain accurate and timely CRM records of customer interactions, opportunities and quotations.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Teams to support customers and achieve company objectives.

Skills, Experience and Personal Attributes

• Degree in a life sciences discipline is essential.
• Confident and comfortable communicating with customers by telephone, as this will be the primary communication method.
• Proactive, enthusiastic and commercially minded.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to initiate conversations, ask effective questions and build customer relationships.
• Comfortable working towards sales targets, KPIs and agreed activity levels.
• Well organised, with the ability to manage multiple customers, opportunities and follow-up actions.
• Accurate and disciplined when maintaining CRM records completing administrative tasks.
• Previous experience in sales or telesales would be advantageous.
• Experience within laboratories, academia, biotechnology or other life science organisations would be beneficial.
• Positive, professional, coachable and willing to learn.

Additional information:

Reports to: UK Head of Sales

Internal Relationships: UK Head of Sales, Field Sales Team, Portfolio Specialists, Marketing and Customer Service

External Relationships: Existing customers, prospective customers and suppliers