Inside Sales & Business Development Executive

Position: Inside Sales & Business Development Executive

Location: Warwickshire

Salary: £30k + commission (OTE £36k-£40k)

The Company: Chemicals Distributor

The Role:

• This is a newly created role offering a fantastic entry point into technical sales and business development
• You’ll be responsible for proactively managing and growing a portfolio of smaller house accounts — while working alongside the field sales team to break into key target sectors such as Automotive, Aerospace & Defence (AAD), Electronics, and General Manufacturing.
• This is a phone-first sales role that requires confidence, energy and an appetite for new business.
• You’ll be uncovering opportunities, qualifying leads, reigniting dormant accounts and bringing that crucial sales buzz to the office.
• Proactively manage a portfolio of existing house accounts, ensuring regular contact and identifying upselling or cross-selling opportunities.
• Support external sales managers by researching and prospecting into targeted verticals (Automotive, AAD, Electronics, Manufacturing).
• Make outbound calls and emails to generate new leads and secure meetings for the wider sales team.
• Follow up on inbound enquiries and marketing-generated leads, qualifying and nurturing as needed.
• Use the CRM system to log activity, manage pipelines and track progress.
• Work with their marketing team to feed into campaigns, lead-gen efforts and customer communications.

Requirements:

• This is an ideal opportunity for a junior salesperson or ambitious graduate with 1-2 years’ experience in B2B sales or customer engagement — or someone currently in a customer service role who is hungry to move into sales.
• We’re not expecting deep technical knowledge from day one — just the attitude, drive and commercial curiosity to learn fast and succeed.
• Strong communication skills — especially on the phone.
• A natural confidence and willingness to cold call and build relationships.
• Organised, target-driven and comfortable juggling multiple tasks.
• Good general IT and CRM/database skills.
• A genuine interest in technical/industrial markets (previous knowledge a bonus but not essential).
• A proactive mindset — this role rewards energy and initiative.

Benefits:

• Full training on their technical product range and sales processes
• Structured career development within a fast-growing business unit
• A supportive, down-to-earth team in a modern workspace
• The opportunity to be part of a global group with huge growth ambitions