This is a great opportunity for a SALES EXECUTIVE to join the team of a well establish BLACK COUNTRY based manufacturing and engineering business producing steel products and providing metal surface finishing services. Basic Salary : £28,000 - £30,000 bonus / commission OTE : £32,000 - £34,000 (first 12 months) Working : Office based, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. As a SALES EXECUTIVE you will be part of the office based Sales Team and be tasked with building and managing a portfolio of business from existing, lapsed and new customers. Activities include: * Respond to incoming business enquiries * Rekindle lapsed customer relationships * Identify and pursue potential new customers and business leads * Balance managing existing customers with new business development * Nurture and develop both new and established customer relationships * Follow up quotations produced by the inhouse technical team * Achieve performance and activity targets on a weekly basis * Maintaining customer database and records * Progress chasing The successful SALES EXECUTIVE will be able to demonstrate proficiency and expertise in: * Business to business selling in an engineering context; be that engineering services, manufactured products, consumables, PPE etc. * Skilled communication both verbal and written with strong, opportunistic negotiation skills * Self-motivation, structured thinking and result driven approach * Selling “to” or “from” manufacturing, engineering, construction or logistics sectors would be highly desirable. Note : You must already reside in the West Midlands with existing “right to work” entitlement. This SALES EXECUTIVE position will ideally suit a Sales Professional who is or has been selling manufactured products, engineering process based services, consumables, raw materials, ppe etc from one business to another (B2B sales). Specific product and process training will be given but we do need someone with an understanding of how the sector functions. To explore this SALES EXECUTIVE opportunity further, please click on the apply button. Kelpie Business Services Ltd is acting as an in house recruiter in regard to this vacancy. We offer a range of traditional and in house consultative recruitment services to businesses seeking to adopt a more supportive and focused candidate driven recruitment process to support their business growth. We also specialise in recruiting at all levels within the Manufacturing, Engineering, Distribution & Construction sectors working across all facets of a business