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Sales Executive - Internal/External

🏒 Barrett Steel β€’ πŸ“ Reading, England β€’ πŸ•’ Sep 14, 2026
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Full Benefits Package

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Reading, England
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Position Overview & Specifications

Enhance your career with a respected, dynamic and people focused national business.


All About Us

Goodman Steel Services, Reading are part of the wider Barrett Steel Group, they pride themselves on their quality of service; offering next day cutting and same day delivery on stock items. Friendly, knowledgeable, and highly experienced, their team of experts works in close partnership with our customers;


Due to growth we require a dynamic individual to join our respected sales team covering both internal and external sales.


All About the Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity available for a driven, passionate Internal/External Sales Executive to help maintain and further develop a strong portfolio of customers, building long term mutually beneficial relationships.


Specific tasks include:

  • Develop robust sales plans, within the constraints of operational capacity, that seek to secure profitable new market share and gross margin growth.
  • Personally, lead negotiations with potential customers and through regular meetings, build relationships to maximise commercial opportunities with them.
  • Be an ambassador for high customer service standards that seek to build customer retention levels.
  • Process sales enquiries / orders and see all administration through to completion, ensuring excellent levels of customer service.
  • This role requires you to be based in the office carrying out internal sales as well as being mobile in the field visiting customers face to face.


We offer you

  • Very Competitive Salary
  • Company car or car allowance
  • Bonus Potential
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
  • Barrett Steel pension
  • Career progression
  • Product training where you’ll get to know the team, learn the business, products, and customers.


All About You


Essential Skills for the role:

  • Previous sales experience within a B2B sales environment
  • Proven record of building up accounts and delivering results/achieving targets & KPI’s.
  • Builds strong relationships quickly, has a proactive attitude & approach.
  • Can drive & has a full UK driving licence
  • Live within a reasonable daily commute of RG1 8LL


How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading independent steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a β€˜can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (Β£38,700) or occupation going rate.

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Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Sales Executive - Internal/External roles across Barrett Steel's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

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2. Behavioral & Leadership

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