Internal Sales Life Sciences

Internal Sales Executive - Life Sciences

Birmingham | £28,000-£30,000 + 25%

Are you a Life Sciences graduate with a commercial mindset and looking to build a career in scientific sales?

Perhaps you already have some sales or customer-facing experience, or you know that your personality and strengths lie in talking to people, building relationships and spotting opportunities rather than working in the lab.

We're working with a well-established and growing scientific business specialising in laboratory equipment and consumables. They're looking for an ambitious Internal Sales Executive to join their Birmingham team.

This is a brilliant opportunity to develop your commercial skills, learn from an experienced sales team and build a long-term career within the scientific sector.

What you'll be doing

Manage and grow your own portfolio of existing life science customers

Proactively speak with customers to understand their requirements and identify opportunities

Develop existing accounts through cross-selling, repeat business and increased engagement

Reconnect with lapsed customers and build those relationships

Research and approach prospective customers to generate new business

Qualify inbound and outbound leads and identify the best next step

Arrange qualified appointments for the field sales team

Prepare and follow up quotations

Use customer and sales data to spot commercial opportunities

Keep CRM records and pipeline activity up to date

Work closely with Field Sales, Product Specialists, Marketing and Customer Service

What we're looking for

A degree in a Life Sciences discipline - essential

Confident and comfortable speaking with customers on the telephone

Proactive, enthusiastic and commercially minded

Naturally curious, with the confidence to ask good questions and build relationships

Ambitious and motivated by achieving results

Organised and comfortable managing multiple customers and opportunities

Positive, coachable and keen to learn

Previous sales, telesales or customer-facing experience would be advantageous, but isn't essential

Experience within laboratories, academia, biotech or another life science environment would also be beneficial

What's on offer

£28,000-£30,000 basic salary

25% OTE

Office-based role in Birmingham

25 days holiday + bank holidays + Christmas shutdown

Structured induction, training and ongoing development

Friendly, supportive and collaborative team culture

If you have a Life Sciences degree, some solid sales experience and the ambition to take your career into the field, we'd love to hear from you.