Sales Executive

Portakabin Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension + life insurance

Health & wellbeing

Volunteering day

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Learning & development

Career progression

Job summary

Portakabin Ltd in London Central Hire & Visitor Centre is seeking a proactive Sales Executive to drive sales and win orders by promoting Portakabin products and services. You will support commercial colleagues with administrative tasks while contributing to business development.

The role is based at London Central Hire & Visitor Centre. It offers a permanent contract with an annual salary up to £32,000 plus up to £5,000 commission and 25 days’ leave plus holidays.

Qualifications

• Administrative experience in a customer service environment.
• Experience in a target-driven environment.
• Experience in business development activities (inbound/outbound calls).
• GCSE Maths and English at minimum.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or similar systems).

Responsibilities

• Execute all commercial administrative activities accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with teams to support business development and order targets.
• Provide onboarding and training for new team members as needed.
• Identify and resolve issues; escalate to improve processes.
• Prioritise customer service to maximise satisfaction and continuity.
• Coordinate stock and order out details with colleagues.
• Assist with collection of outstanding payments.
• Maintain records and respond to queries in a timely manner.
• Prepare and follow up quotations with customers.
• Respond to customer inquiries within SLA timelines.
• Keep customer and stock data up to date in systems.
• Meet cash collection targets through timely payments.
• Conduct structured business development campaigns to meet targets.

Skills

Administrative experience

Target driven

Business development

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

SAP

Job description

Sales Executive

Application Deadline: 16 October 2026

Department: London Central Hire And Visitor Centre

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London Central Hire And Visitor Centre

Reporting To: Oliver Richardson

Compensation: £27,000 - £32,000 / year

Description

Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for a Sales Executive to join our team in London Central who will drive sales and order winning activities by actively promoting Portakabin products and services.

As a Sales Executive you will play a pivotal role, supporting commercial colleagues by managing administrative tasks related to order-winning activities and contribute to business development by promoting Portakabin products and services.

Role Details:

• Annual salary up to £32,000 dependent on skills and experience. Plus, up to £5,000 commission per annum
• Role based: London Central Hire & Visitor centre, Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ
• Contract type: Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.

In this role, as Sales Executive you will be required to:

• Execute all commercial administrative activities accurately and efficiently.
• Collaborate with team members and colleagues across different teams to provide business development, commercial and administrative support aimed at achieving order targets at agreed margins.
• Support onboarding and provide on-the-job training for new team members as required.
• Identify and resolve issues promptly, escalating where necessary to improve processes and share learning.
• Prioritise customer service to maximise customer satisfaction and ensure continuity of service for future order winning opportunities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to understand and confirm stock availability, refurbishment and fit out details.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to expedite collection of outstanding customer payments.
• Maintain effective relationships across teams and respond to administrative queries through appropriate communication channels.
• Quotations are prepared and collated accurately and followed up with customers on time.
• Customer enquiries are responded to promptly within agreed SLA timelines.
• Customer information is maintained up-to-date and accurate in internal systems.
• Stock records are kept accurate and regularly updated.
• Customer cash collection targets met through timely customer payments.
• Structured business development campaigns are conducted to meet order targets.

Benefits & Opportunities as Sales Executive

• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression

Our Ideal Candidate as Sales Executive

We are looking for someone who has:

• Administrative experience in a customer service environment.
• Experience in a target driven environment.
• Experience of business development activities e.g. inbound or outbound calling activity
• Minimum GCSE or Equivalent level of education including Maths and English.
• Competent in using Microsoft packages including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or similar systems).

Even if you do not match all our 'ideal' criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.

NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.