Sales Executive

Sales Executive

Location: Home-Based (UK) with occasional travel to Southampton
Salary: 32,000 - 38,000 Basic + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Drive Growth for a Market Leader in Process Safety

Are you a commercially driven sales professional with a background in chemistry or chemical engineering?

We're recruiting on behalf of a leading provider of process safety and health & safety testing services, supporting manufacturers across a wide range of industries. Due to continued growth, they're looking for a Sales Executive to identify new opportunities, build lasting client relationships and help expand their already impressive customer base.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established organisation that invests heavily in its people, offers genuine career progression and combines technical excellence with commercial success.

The Role

Working remotely, you'll be responsible for generating new business opportunities whilst developing relationships across an existing portfolio of around 500 customer accounts. You'll proactively engage manufacturers, identify their testing and compliance requirements, and work closely with technical specialists to deliver tailored solutions.

This is a consultative sales role where you'll be speaking with engineering, manufacturing and technical decision-makers, so you'll need the confidence to understand technical conversations and translate them into commercial opportunities. The role is based from home, with occasional travel to the company's Southampton office, customer sites and industry events as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities across UK manufacturing markets.
• Build relationships with prospective customers through proactive outreach and networking.
• Manage and grow an existing portfolio of approximately 500 customer accounts.
• Follow up incoming enquiries and marketing-generated leads.
• Identify opportunities for additional testing and consultancy services.
• Maintain an active sales pipeline using the CRM system.
• Work closely with technical and operational teams to deliver excellent customer solutions.
• Attend customer meetings, exhibitions and occasional visits to the Southampton office.

About You

We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial ability with genuine technical understanding.

You'll ideally have:

• Proven success within a business development, sales or account management role.
• A qualification or significant industry experience in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
• The ability to communicate confidently with technical stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a passion for winning new business.
• Excellent organisational and CRM skills.
• A full UK driving licence.

What's On Offer?

• 32,000 - 38,000 basic salary
• 10% annual bonus
• Excellent benefits package
• Home-based working with flexibility
• Genuine career progression within a growing international business
• Ongoing technical and commercial training
• The opportunity to work with some of the UK's leading manufacturing organisations

If you're looking for a role where your technical knowledge and sales expertise can genuinely make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.