Inside Sales Executive - Housing & Energy

Help BRE make the built environment safer and more sustainable

BRE is the world’s leading innovation, science and data hub for the built environment. For more than a century we have provided government and industry with cutting edge research and testing. Join us to help deliver products, advice, services, standards and qualifications used around the globe to make buildings better for people and the environment. Through science-led solutions to urgent challenges, we will build a thriving and sustainable world.

Your role at BRE

• You will plan and execute the strategy to gain new business working with the central Business Development team
• You will promote BRE and its products and services to a wide audience supporting the values and behaviours of BRE
• Prospect for new, develop existing and successful manage and grow account performance
• Develop and grow a healthy pipeline of activity and opportunities through (but not limited to) Bids and Tenders
• Generate leads, develop relationships leading to new business, working with colleagues across the sales team and BRE
• Report on all sales and commercial activity up to Board level utilising BRE’s reporting tools, including CRM and other reporting tools as requested
• You will work closely with BRE’s Marketing team, Product Management and Customer Services teams to refine lead generation and promotional activity, and support customer satisfaction
• Build and grow trusted working relationships both internally and externally
• Feedback into services and schemes across BRE on customer insight and trends
• Achieve stretching pipeline generation, sales revenue, profit contribution and conversion targets.
• You will demonstrate and report performance against set KPI’s (including but not limited to; call volume, appointment setting, conversion rates, pipeline build, achieved v target and revenue generation.

Your profile

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience of working at a senior level, developing successful long-term sales relationships and strategic partnerships is essential.
• Self-starter with strong team player attributes
• Demonstrable success in consultative phone, email, Teams, and face-to-face based selling.
• Proven ability to build a robust and profitable pipeline of business. 
• Drive and ambition to make positive change in reducing carbon in the built environment with an appetite to drive change to build better
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools / Google shared drives
• CRM experience (365, Salesforce etc)  

Desirable

• A demonstrable understanding of selling into construction contractors / sub-contractors / suppliers, selling a manufactured product into the built environment.
• Experience working in a sales environment as part of a targeted team to drive profitable results 
• Knowledge of MMC
• Knowledge of certification to a standard of compliance in construction
• Public sector procurement knowledge 

The requirements above are provided for guidance purposes. We welcome applications from candidates with varying levels of experience who can demonstrate their suitability for the role.

BRE benefits

We offer a competitive salary, as well as a wide range of financial, wellbeing and career development benefits.

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension scheme with 5% matching employer contribution, Life assurance (4x basic salary) and an enhanced maternity package 
• Healthpartners – cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing costs including prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care and more 
• Onsite restaurant, onsite nursery and free onsite parking including EV charging points
• Learning and development opportunities, including free access to our BRE Academy and online courses, and professional membership reimbursement. 

Your application

We review applications as they are received, so please apply at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

We’re building a diverse and talented team at BRE. We know that different perspectives, experiences and skills will help us be more innovative in delivering effective solutions for our customers.

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