Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Southam Warwickshire
- Date: 3 days ago
Description:
Role: Sales Lead
Location: Southam
Salary: c£45k (Depending on Experience)
Purpose of the role
To lead sales activity, drive new business and grow key customer relationships across the business’s battery repurposing, recycling and traceability-led services. The role will be responsible for building a commercial pipeline, managing opportunities and converting the companies technical capability into sustainable revenue growth.
About the business context
The business operates in a specialist market where technical credibility, sustainability and traceability are central to the buying decision. That means sales leadership here is not just about closing deals, but about shaping the commercial proposition, building partnerships and using customer insight to support longer-term growth.
Key responsibilities
* Lead the sales function and support the development of commercial strategy.
* Generate new business across target sectors and convert leads into profitable opportunities.
* Manage key accounts and build long-term customer relationships.
* Oversee the full sales cycle from prospecting and quoting through to negotiation and close.
* Work closely with operations and technical teams to align customer needs with delivery capability.
* Maintain CRM discipline, pipeline visibility and accurate sales reporting.
* Represent the business at customer meetings, industry events and networking opportunities.
* Use customer insight to help shape product, service and pricing decisions.
* Support forecasting, target setting and commercial performance reviews.
* Coach or manage junior sales staff if required.
Skills and experience
* Strong background in B2B sales, account management or business development.
* Proven ability to lead commercial conversations and close business.
* Confident working with technical solutions and specialist markets.
* Ideally worked within a battery industry or a service led (Technical) sector.
* Strong negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
* Comfortable managing targets, pipelines and forecasting.
Person specification
* Commercially sharp and highly motivated.
* Strong leader who can build accountability and momentum.
* Relationship-led, persuasive and credible with customers.
* Able to operate strategically while remaining hands-on.
**You must have the full right to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship both now, and in the future