Inside Sales Specialist: Consumables

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Job Title: Inside Sales Specialist: Consumables

 

  • Location: Cambridge (UK) – Flexible working (some travel may be required for meetings/conferences)
  • Job Type: Full-time | Permanent
  • Salary Range: £35,000.00 – £45,000.00 per annum ( + commission)
  • Reports to: Director of Sales

 

Sphere Fluidics Limited is an established Life Sciences company, which develops new instrumentation systems, software and consumable products for the biopharmaceutical, biotech and synthetic biology industries based on its core picodroplet microfluidics technology. As part of its growth strategy, we are now looking for an Inside Sales Specialist: Consumables to join and help develop our Sales Teams.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Take an active role in identifying prospects and generating leads to drive consumables sales for existing and new potential products
  • Structure activities to maximize customer contact
  • Upsell and cross-sell to existing customers
  • Document and track all leads, contacts, and activity history consistently per best practices within Salesforce.com
  • Conduct research on our consumable sales and help prepare strategies to further develop the business.
  • Find new customers for consumables by conducting research on existing sales and using insight/social selling methods.
  • Obtain testimonials and referrals from existing customers to help grow the surfactants/other consumables business.
  • Play an active role in helping marketing with digital marketing campaigns for consumables business
  • Actively use LinkedIn & LinkedIn Sales Navigator:
    • Build connections and find leads
    • Chase and follow up leads as response is not always achieved after the first contact.
    • Enter relevant leads/prospects from LI to Salesforce.com
    • Post, share & promote content

For the right candidate, there is an opportunity for this role to progress to a Sales Manager position.

 

Education and Experience:

  • Degree in Biology (or other related scientific degree)
  • Experience in sales is advantageous
  • Experience using systems such as Salesforce.com and LinkedIn Sales Navigator (desirable but training would be provided)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to build rapport with customers
  • Ability to work on own initiative and achieve targets
  • Good organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines
  • Proactive, self-starter and a good team player

 

The package

All Sphere Fluidics employees are given an employment package, including: competitive salary; employee share options; 4x life insurance and auto enrolled in to the company’s Aviva Pension Scheme. Each employee is also encouraged to develop an annual development plan, including SMART objectives and training needs, as part of their career development.

 

Interested?

The successful candidate will work in a Sales and Marketing team and should be enthusiastic with excellent team-working and communication skills.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please e-mail your CV with a one-page covering letter including “Inside Sales Specialist: Consumables” in the title to: Human.Resources@spherefluidics.com