CareerPlan

Field Sales Executive

BirminghamFull-time£84k2026-09-25 → 2026-11-11
Freelance / independent contractor

Core

Self-employed sales professional building a commission-only business by prospecting local SMEs and selling SumUp's payment hardware and software ecosystem.

Role type

Independent contractor field sales executive (fintech)

Builds

Payment terminal hardware and software subscriptions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Domain

Fintech / Payments technology

Required skills

B2B sales, face-to-face prospecting, consultative selling, objection handling, pipeline management, CRM usage, commercial awareness

Preferred skills

Experience in high-rejection sales environments (telecoms, energy broking, merchant services), financial resilience, self-discipline

Technologies

SumUp card readers, SumUp POS software, SumUp CRM

Responsibilities

Prospecting 30+ local SMEs daily via face-to-face visits and outbound outreach, analyzing merchant payment setups to identify pain points, managing designated territory and sales pipeline, converting conversations into merchant partnerships, onboarding merchants and hardware installation

Seniority

Independent contractor (self-employed)