Sales Development Representative

Gateshead | £28,000 Basic Salary + Uncapped Bonus + Guaranteed Pay Review After 6 Months

Looking for a graduate role where your progression is based on performance rather than time served?

Join a leading supplier of specialist metal products and receive industry-leading sales training while building relationships with clients across some of the UK's most exciting sectors, including aerospace, Formula 1, engineering, pharmaceuticals, and energy.

Through a structured 6-month sales academy, you'll gain the skills, confidence, and commercial experience needed to build a successful career in B2B sales, with a clear route into leadership and management.

• Uncapped bonus structure ( 6 figures can be earnt down the line)
• Guaranteed salary review after successful completion of probation
• Company pension scheme
• Expenses covered for client visits
• Regular company social events
• Structured 6-month sales academy
• Clear progression into senior sales and leadership positions

This is a hands‑on sales role where you'll take responsibility for developing new business opportunities and growing existing customer relationships across the North East.

You'll work with manufacturers and engineering businesses that rely on specialist metal products for critical applications across a range of high‑growth industries.

From day one, you'll receive training, mentoring, and ongoing support while developing your own customer portfolio and earning uncapped bonus on the revenue you generate.

• Identify and engage potential customers across your assigned territory
• Prospect new business opportunities through phone, email, Linked In, and networking activity
• Conduct discovery calls to understand customer requirements and applications
• Visit client sites to build relationships and identify commercial opportunities
• Prepare and present quotations
• Negotiate pricing within agreed guidelines
• Manage and grow existing customer accounts
  
  Build and maintain a healthy sales pipeline
• Accurately record activity and forecasts using CRM systems
• Achieve weekly activity and monthly revenue targets

• Recent graduate (any discipline) or equivalent commercial experience
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills
• Ambitious, resilient, and motivated by targets and achievement
• Organised with good attention to detail
• Genuine interest in developing a long‑term career in sales
• Full UK driving licence

• Prospecting and business development
• Consultative selling techniques
• Customer relationship management
• Quotation and negotiation skills
• Call coaching and sales mentoring

Our client believes in promoting from within, and several members of the leadership team began their careers in sales before progressing into senior management positions.