Field Sales ExecutiveLocation: Hull (90% field-based)
Territory: Hull, Whitby, Wetherby, Pontefract
Salary: £35,000 base
Bonus: Uncapped (realistic OTE £43,000+ in Year 1)
Car: Company car or allowance
Type: Full-time, field-based
About the RoleThis is a pure new-business sales role for someone who enjoys being out in the field, opening doors, and winning new customers.
Air Liquide is looking for a proactive, confident, and commercially driven Business Development Executive whose primary focus will be on identifying and converting new business opportunities across the region. While ongoing relationships matter, this is not an account-management-heavy position - success in this role comes from prospecting, face-to-face selling, and consistently generating new revenue.
This role suits a salesperson who is motivated by autonomy, targets, and earning potential, and who thrives in a fast-paced, industrial sales environment.
Key Responsibilities- Actively prospect and win new customers across the territory through structured field activity
- Plan and execute a high-volume sales approach, including cold visits, referrals, and follow-up appointments
- Build and maintain a strong new-business pipeline, from initial contact through to close
- Lead customer meetings in person, identifying needs and positioning appropriate products and solutions
- Negotiate pricing and commercial terms in line with company policy
- Maintain accurate CRM and sales activity records
- Work closely with the Area Sales Manager to refine target lists and improve prospecting effectiveness
- Ensure all sales activity complies with Safety, Health & Environmental standards
About YouThis role is ideally suited to a "hunter"-type salesperson, rather than someone from a purely account-management background.
You will bring:
- Proven experience in new business development or field sales
- Confidence approaching new customers and opening conversations from scratch
- Strong face-to-face communication and relationship-building skills
- A results-driven mindset, motivated by targets and uncapped commission
- Ability to manage your own diary and sales activity independently
- Ideally (but not essential), experience selling industrial, technical, engineering, or consumable products
- Good IT skills and ability to manage CRM systems
- A full, clean UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly
What's on Offer- £35,000 base salary
- Uncapped bonus (realistic first-year earnings c. £43,000+)
- Company car or car allowance
- High degree of autonomy in a field-based role
- Strong support from an experienced sales management team
- Long-term growth opportunities within a global business
- The opportunity to build and own a territory with significant potential
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