Sales Executive in Crawley

Ready to progress your career in high-value B2B sales? If you have already built solid experience in a target-driven, commercial role as a sales executive, business development manager, account manager or account director with experience in B2B Sales, corporate sales, vendor sales or event sales and are ready to take on more ownership, responsibility, and senior-level exposure, this could be the ideal next move.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Vendor Sales Team as a Sales Executive / Account Development Manager. The sales executive role primarily focuses on sponsorship sales and reports directly to the Senior Management Team. This position does not include direct reports.

This sales executive position is a fully office-based role at our newly refurbished Crawley HQ, featuring an exclusive on-site gym, fully stocked kitchen, and games area (table tennis, pool, darts, F1 simulator, putting green).

You will be part of a hard-working, sales-driven team that values honesty, loyalty, and results balanced with a fun, social, and light-hearted culture where success is rewarded by a competitive commission and incentives structure.

What you will be doing as a sales executive:

• Identify suitable companies to sponsor our events.
• Locate decision-makers within target organisations.
• Design and execute outreach programs to schedule consultations.
• Guide prospects through a structured sales process to secure event sponsorships.
• Consistently meet monthly and annual sales targets.

Ideal Sales Executive Candidates will have:

• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, target-driven sales environment.
• Strong receptivity to training, coaching, and continuous improvement.
• Confidence and the ability to think on your feet in conversations with senior decision-makers.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills (phone, email, LinkedIn, in-person).
• Ability to manage a structured sales process using CRM systems.
• Professional, credible, and articulate when dealing with C-level and senior stakeholders.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and driven to take ownership of results.
• Strong objection-handling and negotiation skills.

What we are looking for in Experienced B2B Sales Executives:

• This sales executive role is ideal for someone with 1-2 years of commercial experience who is ready to step up.
• Experience in a target-driven or KPI-led environment (sales, recruitment, BD, account management, events, etc.).
• Confident communicator, comfortable speaking with senior-level decision-makers.
• Commercially minded, ambitious, and results-focused and enjoys autonomy.
• Highly organised with strong time management skills.
• Fast learner who takes initiative and implements quickly.
• Team player with a competitive edge.

About us:

We are a fast-growing, privately owned, entrepreneurial business that has scaled from a kitchen-table start-up into a £4.5 million market leader in just 16 years with a clear, ambitious plan to reach £7 million in the next three years. This is a business built on performance, ambition, and results. We reward hard work, promote on merit, and back our people to succeed - in fact, every senior leader in the company has been promoted from within, proving that this is a place where high performers build real careers, not just do a job. Our culture combines high standards and high energy with honesty, loyalty, and a genuinely fun, social environment. We work hard, we win together, and we enjoy the journey.

Salary and Benefits for sales executives:

• First year OTE £70-£75K - commission is uncapped and can be topped up with an annual bonus. Top earners can reach six figures.
• Clear career progression opportunities within the department, including potential leadership roles and event portfolio ownership.
• 4 weeks holiday allowance - plus an additional 2 weeks off over Christmas.
• Staff social events - including our overseas summer party!
• Workplace health and wellbeing scheme.
• Fast-track promotion opportunities.
• Extensive training programme.
• Access to our exclusive on-site gym and fully stocked kitchen.

Shortlisted candidates will undergo a brief phone interview, which will be followed by a scheduled video call and then finally a face-to-face interview if successful.