Inside Sales & Business Development Executive

Position: Inside Sales & Business Development Executive
Location: Warwickshire
Salary: £Neg
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