Sales Development Representative - UK Market
At a glance
Entry-level Sales Development role at sumup. Barcelona.
Pay not stated
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Call UK businesses proactively to understand their needs and assess suitability for POS and payment solutions
- Collect business details from merchants, qualify opportunities, and explain relevant product value
- Book localised meetings for Field Sales to demonstrate products, negotiate terms, and close deals
- Use outbound tools, lead lists, and previous opportunity data to contact merchants who have not requested outreach
- Build Field Sales pipeline by passing along engaged prospects that match the offer
What you bring
- Fluent English and a warm, assured manner when speaking with prospects by phone
- Customer or client-facing experience gained in a fast-moving work environment
- Experience with outbound prospecting and initiating conversations with people who have not contacted you
- Some practical cold-calling experience, including the persistence needed for repeated outreach
Who this fits
This junior role suits someone building a sales career through outbound calling and customer conversations. You’ll work from an office-first setup in Barcelona and focus on the UK market. Previous sales experience helps but is not required.
From the employer
🚀 Ready to launch your sales career in one of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies?
Join our high-energy team in Barcelona and help us bring smarter payment solutions to small businesses across the UK and Europe.
At SumUp, we’re on a mission to empower small merchants by making payments simple, accessible, and hassle-free. Today, we support over 4 million businesses in 30+ countries — and we’re just getting started. As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you’ll be the first point of contact with future SumUp merchants, introducing them to a product that actually makes a difference.
Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow in your sales career, this role offers the perfect launchpad:
📞 Build real sales skills
🌍 Work in a diverse, international team
🧠 Learn fast with expert mentorship
🚀 Grow your career in tech from day one
What you'll be up to:
- Proactively reach out to businesses via targeted outbound calls to understand their needs and assess their fit for SumUp’s POS and payment solutions
- Qualify merchants by gathering key business information and offering insights into how our products can support their operations
- Schedule high-quality, localised appointments for our Field Sales team to conduct in-depth demos, negotiate terms, and close deals
- Focus on outreach to merchants who haven’t requested contact, using outbound tools, lead lists, and past opportunity data
- Play a key role in driving deal generation by ensuring Field Sales has a strong pipeline of well-matched, engaged prospects
We’d love to meet you if you have:
- Strong communication skills and a friendly, confident phone presence
- Fluency in English
- Experience working directly with customers or clients in a fast-paced environment
- A track record in outbound outreach — you’re comfortable starting conversations from scratch
- Some hands-on cold calling experience (and the resilience that comes with it!)
- Previous sales experience — not a must, but definitely a plus
Life at SumUp:
💸 Competitive base salary + uncapped commission — your earning potential grows with your success!
🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Barcelona office. This involves an office-first setup.
🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
🥗 Restaurant tickets
🚇 public transport ticket (50%), Health Insurance (50%)
🏅The Urban Sports Club basic plan membership
👥An amazing team and work environment that works with passion and purpose to achieve incredible results.
🪩We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, office parties and sports.
📍 be based in the heart of Barcelona
Life at SumUp:
💸 Competitive base salary + uncapped commission — your earning potential grows with your success!
🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Barcelona office. This involves an office-first setup.
🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
🥗 Restaurant tickets
🚇 public transport ticket (50%), Health Insurance (50%)
🏅The Urban Sports Club basic plan membership
👥An amazing team and work environment that works with passion and purpose to achieve incredible results
🪩We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, office parties and sport
🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
📍 be based in the heart of Barcelona
🔗 Referral Bonus: Earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team
About SumUp
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.
SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
Job Application Tip
We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.
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