Internal Sales Officer

Job description

Role : Internal Sales Officer
Department : Sales & Marketing | Full-time
Reports to : Business Development Manager
Build your career from Internal Sales to customer and opportunity ownership
Touchstar is looking for an ambitious, commercially minded person to join our Sales & Marketing team as an Internal Sales Officer.
This is not simply a sales administration or appointment-setting role.
We are looking for someone who wants to develop into a capable sales professional: initially working alongside experienced Account Managers, generating opportunities and helping them progress business, before increasingly taking ownership of sales opportunities and customer relationships in their own right.
For the right person, the role provides a clear development pathway towards Account Management and wider commercial responsibility.
About Touchstar
Touchstar provides technology that secures and manages the movement of people and products through complex operational environments.
We work with customers across the UK and internationally, providing software, technology and associated services that support their day-to-day operations.
Our Sales team works across a range of customers, technologies and markets, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to develop both commercial and technical knowledge.
What you'll be doing
You'll work closely with our Account Managers and wider commercial team to generate opportunities, respond quickly to customers and help move opportunities from initial interest through to order.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Proactively identifying and researching prospective customers.
• Generating new sales opportunities through telephone, email, campaigns, networking and other appropriate channels.
• Qualifying opportunities to understand the customer's requirement, commercial potential, timescale and next steps.
• Securing appointments and qualified opportunities for Account Managers.
• Preparing accurate quotations and straightforward customer proposals.
• Following up quotations and customer actions rather than allowing opportunities to stall.
• Maintaining communication with customers between Account Manager meetings.
• Coordinating with colleagues across the business to obt...

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-11-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English