Account Sales Executive - Manchester

The role

You will generate new business through outbound calls, emails, social outreach, and face-to-face meetings. You will own the full sales cycle and build relationships with local merchants across Greater Manchester.

What you will do

• Generate new business through outbound calls, emails, social outreach and face-to-face meetings
• Own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and product demonstrations to negotiation and closing
• Build relationships with local merchants, understanding their needs and recommending the right SumUp solutions
• Develop your own pipeline and identify new opportunities across Manchester and the surrounding area
• Use our Manchester United partnership to strengthen commercial relationships
• Manage your targets and pipeline while collaborating with our wider London sales team

Required qualifications

• 1–2 years of outbound B2B sales or business development experience
• Confidence generating your own opportunities and closing new business
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with business owners
• Comfortable combining phone-based prospecting with in-person customer meetings
• Independence, commercial curiosity and a results-driven mindset

Nice to have

• Previous field sales experience
• Exposure to payments, fintech, SaaS or hospitality

Benefits

• Manchester United partnership: Access to matchday experiences and opportunities to invite merchants
• Territory ownership
• Global opportunities
• €2,000 annual learning budget
• 30-day sabbatical after 3 years
• Referral bonus
• Travel expenses covered for London days and onboarding

About the company

SumUp is on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools. Over 4 million businesses in 39 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner.