Sumup
Experienced Field Sales Consultant
Maidstone, England, United Kingdom. Posted a month ago
The role
You will sell SumUp's payment, POS and software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. You will find your own prospects, manage your pipeline and support customers as they get started.
What you will do
- Find new customers through face-to-face visits, door-to-door prospecting and direct outreach.
- Focus on local businesses with strong payment volumes.
- Recommend suitable payment, card-processing, hardware, POS and software solutions.
- Manage the sale from the first conversation through product demonstrations, objections and closing.
- Help customers get set up and start using SumUp products.
- Build relationships with business owners and ask for referrals.
- Plan visits and follow-ups.
- Keep CRM records up to date and track activity, pipeline and sales results.
- Review progress with your Territory Manager.
Required qualifications
- At least one year of field sales experience within sectors such as telecoms, energy, business technology, waste management, security systems or food and beverage supply
- Cold prospecting experience, including approaching businesses face to face and finding your own leads
- Experience selling to small and medium sized businesses and dealing directly with owners or decision makers
- A track record of winning new customers and meeting sales targets
- The ability to manage a sale from the first approach to closing, including handling questions and objections
- Good organisation and consistent follow up
- The ability to handle rejection, learn from feedback and keep going
- An understanding of self employment and a willingness to commit the time needed to build your customer base
- A base location within easy reach of your agreed territory
Nice to have
- An existing network of local business owners
- Experience in payments, merchant services, POS or EPOS
- Phone sales experience
Benefits
- Onboarding and ongoing support covering prospecting, sales conversations, demonstrations, objections and customer onboarding
- Territory Manager support with territory planning, pipeline reviews and coaching in the field
About the company
SumUp provides payment, POS and software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.