Sales Executive

Company Description

Eurofins Forensic Services (EFS) is the largest forensic service provider in the UK and Europe. We are part of Eurofins Scientific, which is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on and forensics.

Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We are currently recruiting for a Sales Executive to join our fantastic Workplace Drug Testing (WDT) Sales team based out of our Midlands site in Tamworth. If you are passionate about a rewarding career in Forensic testing and want to use your expertise to its full potential, then this is a great opportunity to join a well-established and successful market leading company with over 30 years’ experience in providing Forensic Services to the Police forces of England and Wales, as well as other commercial organisations and public sector bodies.

The role is hybrid, based primarily at our Tamworth office, with a requirement to work on site with customers when needed. The successful candidate will be expected to attend the office a minimum of 3 days per week, unless travelling for customer visits. Remote working is available for the remaining days, in line with business requirements.

It is a truly exciting time to begin or continue your career with our first-class business, as a Sales Executive, you will contribute to growth of the company through client acquisitions, cross selling opportunities, customer retention, new contract opportunities and potential tenders with the ultimate aim and objective to increase customer sales.

The successful candidate will be expected to drive new customer acquisition, be comfortable with cold calling and be comfortable to present to customers on technical topics and understand the service USPs and how these link to customer’s own business requirements. You will be accountable for achieving growth and meeting sales targets by successfully undertaking business development activities.

We are looking for someone who has a minimum 2 years’ experience of sales roles in a B2B environment, along with a demonstratable track record of successful delivery of sales targets is highly motivated, enthusiastic and possesses the competence and team spirit to support others and contribute to a positive culture. Here at EFS integrity and customer focus is at the heart of everything we do, being driven to exceed customer expectations, and promotes the voice of the customer would be a distinct advantage and will see you excel in this role.

If you have a good understanding of selling scientific products/services and are proficient in use of Microsoft Office and Customer Relationship Management software, then we would love to hear from you.

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance is required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Security clearance is undertaken by a third party…