National Sales Researcher in Leicester

Join us at Flogas and we’ll do right by you with training, support, benefits, and lots of opportunities to develop in our 1,350 strong team. Flogas is powered by people who want to do energy right by customers in homes and businesses all across the country.

How you’ll power our business as a National Sales Researcher:

• Working within the new business national sales team structure, the role will be responsible for developing and researching prospective clients to provide new prospects and validate existing prospect information on our established CRM database.
• Undertaking customer and prospect visits when required at the customers' sites, establishing primary contact relationships and working closely within the national sales team's structure in and out of the field to develop a constant flow of developed prospects into the sales pipeline.
• Working in the field as part of the sales team will be a large part of this role, particularly understanding how our products and services add value in accordance with our businesses' 2040 vision and the overall UK strategy for lowering carbon.

Here at Flogas, we may have a fossil fuels background, but we’re working towards delivering 100% renewable energy to our customers by 2040. We’re already supporting our customers to reduce their carbon emissions by helping them make the switch from oil to gas. We’re also developing our offering for technologies such as heat pumps and solar panels, beginning to help our customers reduce their energy consumption and evolving new bio-fuels and renewable gases.

Here’s What You’ll Be Doing:

• Service as the key liaison across multiple teams and departments, managing and qualifying all incoming Bulk Commercial leads, identifying additional site opportunities, and ensuring smooth communication.
• Provide flexible support on strategic and ad-hoc projects, including data-driven initiatives such as AI-related analysis and other business critical assignments.
• Utilising available assets (to include but not be limited to the internet, social media, LinkedIn etc.) to research additional information on markets, business sectors and target opportunities.
• Find out information about prospective clients (by phone, online, social media etc.), source the names of key ‘decision makers’, clarify and confirm addresses, contacts, email and phone numbers.
• Confirm the accuracy of the data we have on file.
• Keep the CRM system up to date with market and lead information, appointments made by the sales team, and feedback/next steps after appointments have taken place.

What We’ll Need From You:

• High attention to detail, organised and practical approach to research.
• Demonstrate an understanding of carbon challenges and net zero.
• Demonstrate ability to achieve targets and maintain margins.
• Committed, persuasive and personable with fluent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for information gathering, an enquiring mind and desire to complete each ‘puzzle’.
• Experience of working in a professional customer-focused environment.
• Willing to learn new skills and accept new challenges.
• Able to identify key decision makers within a business.

What You’ll Get From Us:

• Discretionary Bonus
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• EAP (Employee Assistant Plan)
• Health plans, wellbeing support, free flu jabs and Eye Care Vouchers
• 25 holidays + bank holidays with 1 additional volunteering day (pro-rated based on contracted hours)
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave

At Flogas, we do energy right by hundreds of thousands of customers across Britain who live, work, relax or holiday off-grid. Powered by people like you, we connect them to the energy they need, when and where they need it. With the backing of the global Group DCC, we’ve grown over the last 35 years to become one of the largest suppliers of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Now we’re investing heavily in new infrastructure and innovations, so we can deliver 100% renewable energy to our customers by 2040 – and a career with a bright future to you.

People matter at Flogas. We’re an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background. We’re committed to doing right by our people, so we all feel engaged, motivated and proud to work for Flogas.