Internal Sales Executive

Confidential; Batley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

25 days' annual leave

Dedicated product and sales training

Clear career progression opportunities

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an ambitious Account Manager or sales professional to join our established international business in the United Kingdom. The role starts fully office-based, focusing on product knowledge, customer relationships and growth through proactive sales activity.

You will manage inbound inquiries, generate new business, prepare quotations, maintain CRM records and collaborate with the Sales Manager to develop strategies and support progression into Field Sales or Internal Sales

Qualifications

• Experience in Account Management, Internal Sales or customer-focused roles.
• Ambitious and motivated to advance in sales.
• Confident in building rapport and making calls, including new business development.
• Commercial mindset, proactive and results-driven.
• Organised with ability to balance relationship building, quotations and orders.
• Quick learner who enjoys understanding products and solving customer problems.

Responsibilities

• Manage inbound sales enquiries and generate new business through outbound calling.
• Build and maintain relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Identify sales opportunities and convert leads into orders.
• Prepare quotations, process orders and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Maintain customer information, sales pipelines and activity records in the CRM.
• Collaborate with the Sales Manager and teams to shape sales strategies.
• Follow up on leads and nurture opportunities to increase sales.
• Research potential customers, market trends and competitor activity.
• Provide ongoing customer support in liaison with sales and service teams.

Skills

Account management

Cold calling

Customer service

Sales prospecting

Tools

CRM system

Job description

Are you an ambitious Account Manager or sales professional ready to take the next step in your career? Looking for a role where you can develop your skills, take on more responsibility and build a long-term career with genuine progression opportunities?

We're recruiting for an exciting opportunity with an established international business, offering dedicated training, varied responsibilities and the flexibility to shape your future career. Initially, the role is fully office-based, allowing you to develop your product knowledge and customer relationships, with the opportunity to progress into Field Sales or an Area Sales Manager position. Alternatively, you can continue to develop your career within Internal Sales.

The Role

• Manage inbound sales enquiries and generate new business through proactive outbound calling and cold calling.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Identify sales opportunities, understand customer requirements and convert leads into orders.
• Prepare quotations, process orders and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Maintain accurate customer information, sales pipelines and activity records within the CRM system.
• Work closely with the Sales Manager and wider teams to develop sales strategies and drive business growth.
• Follow up on leads, nurture customer relationships and identify opportunities to increase sales.
• Research potential customers, market trends and competitor activity.
• Provide ongoing customer support, liaising with sales and service colleagues as required.
• Develop your product and industry knowledge, with the opportunity to attend customer meetings and explore future career progression.

About You

• Experience in Account Management, Internal Sales, Customer Service or a commercially focused role.
• Ambitious and motivated to take the next step in your sales career.
• Confident building rapport, picking up the phone and comfortable with cold calling and new business development.
• Commercially minded, proactive and keen to achieve results.
• Organised and happy to balance relationship building and sales activity with quotations, order processing and general sales administration.
• A quick learner who enjoys understanding products and finding solutions for customers.
• Experience within machinery, engineering, vehicles, fleet or a technical product environment would be advantageous, but is not essential.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to 35,000, depending on experience.
• 37.5-hour working week.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Your birthday off.
• Dedicated product and sales training.
• Clear career progression opportunities into Field Sales or an Area Sales Manager role, or the option to continue progressing within Internal Sales.
• The opportunity to build a long-term career within an established international business.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Account Manager or sales professional who is hungry to grow, enjoys winning new business and wants the opportunity to shape their own career path.

If you're commercially driven, eager to learn and ready for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.