Sales Executive

Wild Recruitment; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 31,500 - 38,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Wild Recruitment is seeking an ambitious Business Development Executive in Milton Keynes to drive pipeline growth and convert enquiries into opportunities within an established customer base.

You’ll qualify leads, follow up quotations, nurture relationships, and proactively engage prospects to identify sales opportunities, collaborating with the team to maximise commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven lead generation and opportunity qualification experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive, self-motivated with a strong commercial mindset.
• Experience using CRM systems to manage sales activity.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and qualify incoming enquiries.
• Generate and develop new business opportunities.
• Follow up quotations and progress sales opportunities through the pipeline.
• Proactively contact customers to identify requirements and uncover opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Maintain accurate records of sales activity within the CRM system.

Skills

Lead generation

CRM

Account management

Job description

Are you a proactive sales professional who thrives on building customer relationships and generating new business opportunities?

We're looking for an ambitious Business Development Executive to join a growing commercial team. This is far more than a traditional sales support role. You'll play a key part in driving pipeline growth, converting enquiries into opportunities, and identifying new business potential across an established customer base. Experience within life sciences would be advantageous, but is certainly not essential.

You'll work closely with the wider commercial team to develop new opportunities and support business growth. You'll be responsible for qualifying leads, following up quotations, nurturing customer relationships, and proactively engaging with prospects to identify sales opportunities.

Your ability to build rapport, understand customer needs, and confidently progress opportunities will be fundamental to your success.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to and qualify incoming enquiries
• Generate and develop new business opportunities
• Follow up quotations and progress sales opportunities through the pipeline
• Proactively contact customers to identify requirements and uncover opportunities
• Build strong relationships with existing and prospective customers
• Maintain accurate records of sales activity within the CRM system
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to maximise commercial opportunities
• Identify opportunities for cross-selling and upselling products and services

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in an Internal Sales, Sales Support, Business Development or similar commercial role
• Proven lead generation and opportunity qualification experience
• Strong customer relationship-building skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a strong commercial mindset
• Experience using CRM systems to manage sales activity
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable working as part of a collaborative sales team

You'll be naturally curious, commercially driven, and enjoy engaging with customers to uncover opportunities. You'll be confident making proactive outbound calls, resilient when facing challenges, and motivated by achieving results.

Most importantly, you'll take ownership of your pipeline, work collaboratively with colleagues, and have the drive to contribute to ongoing business growth.

• Salary of £35,000 per annum
• Opportunity to make a genuine commercial impact
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Long-term career development opportunities
• Varied and engaging role with customer interaction at its heart

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.