At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and grow customer portfolios while identifying new business opportunities.
- Company: Established scientific business specialising in laboratory equipment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 25% OTE, and 25 days holiday.
- Other info: Great opportunity for ambitious individuals to learn and grow.
- Why this job: Kickstart your career in scientific sales with a supportive team.
- Qualifications: Life Sciences degree and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Are you a Life Sciences graduate with a commercial mindset and looking to build a career in scientific sales? Perhaps you already have some sales or customer-facing experience, or you know that your personality and strengths lie in talking to people, building relationships and spotting opportunities rather than working in the lab. We're working with a well-established and growing scientific business specialising in laboratory equipment and consumables. They're looking for an ambitious Internal Sales Executive to join their Birmingham team. This is a brilliant opportunity to develop your commercial skills, learn from an experienced sales team and build a long-term career within the scientific sector.
What you'll be doing:
- Manage and grow your own portfolio of existing life science customers
- Proactively speak with customers to understand their requirements and identify opportunities
- Develop existing accounts through cross-selling, repeat business and increased engagement
- Reconnect with lapsed customers and build those relationships
- Research and approach prospective customers to generate new business
- Qualify inbound and outbound leads and identify the best next step
- Arrange qualified appointments for the field sales team
- Prepare and follow up quotations
- Use customer and sales data to spot commercial opportunities
- Keep CRM records and pipeline activity up to date
- Work closely with Field Sales, Product Specialists, Marketing and Customer Service
What we're looking for:
- A degree in a Life Sciences discipline - essential
- Confident and comfortable speaking with customers on the telephone
- Proactive, enthusiastic and commercially minded
- Naturally curious, with the confidence to ask good questions and build relationships
- Ambitious and motivated by achieving results
- Organised and comfortable managing multiple customers and opportunities
- Positive, coachable and keen to learn
- Previous sales, telesales or customer-facing experience would be advantageous, but isn't essential
- Experience within laboratories, academia, biotech or another life science environment would also be beneficial
What's on offer:
- £28,000-£30,000 basic salary
- 25% OTE
- Office-based role in Birmingham
- 25 days holiday +
Internal Sales Executive in Birmingham employer: Cameo Consultancy (Recruitment) Limited
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Contact Details:
Cameo Consultancy (Recruitment) Limited Recruitment Team
