CareerPlan

Field Sales Executive

DurhamFull-time£84k–£120k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10
Freelance / independent contractor

Core

Self-employed sales partner building a commission-only business by acquiring new merchant accounts for SumUp's payment and POS ecosystem.

Role type

Independent contractor field sales executive

Builds

New merchant partnerships and recurring revenue streams for SumUp

Domain

Fintech / Payments technology

Required skills

High-rejection face-to-face sales, cold approach prospecting, consultative selling, objection handling, territory management, CRM management, commercial awareness

Preferred skills

Experience in telecoms, energy broking, or merchant services

Technologies

SumUp card readers, SumUp POS ecosystem, 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

Senior, self-directed IC