Sales Executive

Job description

Sales Executive

Location: Belfast
Salary: £35,000–£40,000 per annum, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

We are recruiting an experienced Sales Executive for a successful and well-established manufacturing business based in Belfast.

The company supplies materials and processing services to customers across the engineering, manufacturing and wider industrial sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive sales professional who enjoys developing existing accounts while generating new business.

The Role

You will manage and develop an established customer base while actively identifying new sales opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and developing existing customer accounts

• Building strong, long-term customer relationships

• Identifying opportunities to increase revenue and account spend

• Proactively contacting prospective and lapsed customers

• Generating new business through outbound calls and lead follow-up

• Responding to customer enquiries and preparing accurate quotations

• Following up quotations and converting opportunities into orders

• Negotiating prices and commercial terms within agreed guidelines

• Working closely with purchasing, operations and external sales teams

• Maintaining accurate customer and sales information

• Delivering excellent customer service throughout the sales process

• Working towards agreed revenue, margin and activity targets

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is commercially aware, confident speaking with customers and comfortable combining account management with proactive new business development.

You will ideally have:

• Previous experience in internal sales, account management or business development

• A successful background in B2B sales

• Experience within engineering, manufacturing, construction supplies, industrial distribution or a related sector

• Confidence making outbound calls and developing new business

• Experience preparing quotations and following opportunities through to order

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

• Good commercial awareness and negotiation ability

• A self-motivated, organised and target-driven approach

• Competent IT and CRM system skills

• The ability to understand technical products and customer requirements

Relevant product knowledge would be beneficial, although candidates with strong transferable experience from another technical or industrial sector are encouraged to apply.

What’s on Offer

• Salary of £35,000–£40,000, depending on experience

• Permanent position with an established and respected business

• An existing customer base to manage and develop

• Genuine scope to generate new business and make a commercial impact

• Supportive team environment

• Training and ongoing development

If you are an experienced B2B sales professional who enjoys building customer relationships and proactively developing new opportunities, apply today with your current CV.

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