Internal Sales Executive - Building Supplies

GCS Associates; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Full working week Monday – Friday

Excellent career prospects

Job summary

GCS Associates in Crawley is seeking a Senior Internal Sales Executive to join our busy sales office. You will engage with customers over phone, email, and face-to-face to gather project information, provide quotations, build rapport, and upsell products.

The role demands a proactive, results-driven professional who thrives on interaction and aims to exceed targets. Experience in builders merchants or construction supplies, strong communication, and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience within builders merchants or construction supplies industry.
• Proactive, hungry, and customer-focused attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Strong negotiating and persuasion skills.
• Positive, results-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers over the phone, email and in person.
• Ask questions to uncover customers’ project needs.
• Take quotation enquiries and develop accurate price proposals.
• Build and maintain rapport with existing and prospective accounts.
• Identify upselling opportunities and promote relevant products.
• Think quickly and display sound product knowledge when required.
• Contribute to the team’s success by driving sales performance.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Teamwork

Sales mindset

Job description

Role Overview

Position: Senior Internal Sales Executive

Location: Crawley

Sector: Building Materials / Construction Supplies / Builders Merchants

Package: £30,000 - £38,000

Working in our client’s busy sales office, the Internal Sales Executive engages with customers across phone, email, and face‑to‑face, gathering information on client projects, providing quotations, building rapport, and upselling products. The role demands proactive, results‑driven professionals who thrive on interaction and are eager to exceed targets.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers over the phone, email and in person.
• Ask questions to uncover customers’ project needs.
• Take quotation enquiries and develop accurate price proposals.
• Build and maintain rapport with existing and prospective accounts.
• Identify upselling opportunities and promote relevant products.
• Think quickly and display sound product knowledge when required.
• Contribute to the team’s success by driving sales performance.

Requirements

• Experience within builders merchants or construction supplies industry.
• Proactive, hungry, and customer‑focused attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Strong negotiating and persuasion skills.
• Positive, results‑oriented mindset.

Benefits

• Competitive salary within the £30,000 – £38,000 band, negotiable based on experience.
• Excellent career prospect within a well‑respected and highly successful business.
• Full working week Monday – Friday.