Inside Sales Executive

Role Purpose:

Support LRQA's growth strategy across the United States by generating new business opportunities, developing customer relationships, managing sales activities, and supporting revenue growth across multiple industries. This role is responsible for the full sales cycle, including lead generation, outbound prospecting, cold calling, opportunity qualification, pipeline management, customer engagement, and contract closure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and qualify new business opportunities through outbound prospecting, cold calling, email campaigns, and lead follow-up activities. • Develop and manage a healthy sales pipeline using Salesforce or similar CRM tools. • Engage with new, existing, and dormant clients to identify business opportunities. • Build strong customer relationships and understand client needs. • Support business growth through opportunity management and transactional sales activities. • Collaborate with Marketing, Customer Success, Operations, and External Sales teams. • Maintain accurate CRM records, commercial activity reports, and sales forecasts. • Represent LRQA professionally while delivering an exceptional customer experience.

What You'll Bring:

• 1-3+ years of experience in Inside Sales, Business Development, Lead Generation, Sales Development, or B2B Sales. • Proven experience with outbound prospecting, cold calling, lead generation, and pipeline management. • Experience using CRM platforms such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics, or similar tools. • Strong communication, relationship-building, and objection-handling skills. • Self-motivated, coachable, and results-oriented individual with a strong desire to grow. • Experience in Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Oil & Gas, Industrial Services, Energy, Technical Services, or Professional Services is advantageous but not required. • Ambitious sales professional with a proactive hunter mentality, resilience, and the ability to consistently generate new business opportunities.

Who are LRQA?

LRQA is a leading global assurance partner, combining deep industry expertise with innovative solutions to help organizations manage risk, improve performance, and drive sustainable growth.

Operating in over 50 countries with a team of 2,500+ professionals, we support more than 60,000 clients worldwide through assurance, certification, cybersecurity, inspection, and training services. Our purpose is simple: to help businesses build a safer, more secure, and more sustainable future.

What We Offer:

Join a global team where your expertise is valued and your development is supported. We offer a collaborative work environment, opportunities for professional growth, flexible working arrangements where applicable, a competitive salary aligned with the market, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Pre-Employment Checks 

If you are successful in securing a role with us, we may carry out pre-employment checks, as permitted by local law, including verification of identity, right to work, employment history, education, and criminal records where applicable.

These checks are conducted by our trusted screening partner, Cfirst, in compliance with applicable data protection laws. Any personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment purposes, stored securely, and retained only as required.

For questions about the screening process, contact Onboarding@lrqa.com , For queries regarding your personal data, contact dataprotection@lrqa.com