Telesales Executive

About Circle8

Circle8 is building India's closed-loop supply chain for battery metals. We collect scrap lithium-ion batteries from across the market, grade them at our warehouse in Dasna (UP), and supply them to recyclers. We also trade black mass, recycled metals and EPR credits.

Today we work with 35+ lithium-ion battery recyclers and have supplied over 930 MT of battery scrap. We are a small, fast-growing team based in Noida, expanding to a national warehouse network.

Role purposeYou will be the voice of Circle8 on the phone. Your job is to find sellers of scrap lithium-ion batteries, convert them into regular suppliers, and keep our buyer and supplier relationships active. Every call you make feeds tonnage into our warehouse and revenue into the business.

Key responsibilities

1. Supplier outreach: Make 60–80 outbound calls a day to scrap dealers, e-waste aggregators, battery dealers, mobile and EV repair centres, and bulk generators (telecom, UPS, solar, EV fleets).
2. Lead qualification: Capture battery chemistry, form factor, quantity, location and expected price on every call.
3. Deal closure: Share indicative rates, negotiate within approved limits, and close purchase deals; hand confirmed lots to operations for pickup.
4. Follow-ups: Run a disciplined follow-up cycle so one-time sellers become repeat suppliers.
5. Inbound handling: Respond to enquiries from the website, TradeHub app, WhatsApp and referrals within the same working day.
6. Buyer and EPR support: Support the COO with follow-ups to recyclers and EPR credit leads as needed.
7. CRM hygiene: Log every call, lead status and next action in the CRM or tracker daily.
8. Market intelligence: Share weekly notes on scrap prices, competitor activity and new supply pockets.

KPIs

You will be expected to make 60–80 outbound calls a day and generate at least 15 new qualified supplier leads every week. Monthly targets for supplier deals closed and scrap tonnage sourced will be agreed with the COO. We will also look at how many of your suppliers come back to sell again, and expect that repeat-supplier rate to rise every quarter. Inbound enquiries should be answered on the same working day, and every call must be logged in the CRM.

Requirements Must have

• Graduate in any discipline
• 1–3 years in telesales, telecalling, inside sales or customer acquisition
• Strong spoken and written English and Hindi (mandatory); confident, clear phone voice
• Comfortable with cold calling and negotiating on price
• Basic Excel or Google Sheets, WhatsApp Business and CRM tools
• Target-driven, organised and persistent with follow-ups

Good to have

• Experience in scrap, recycling, e-waste, batteries, B2B trading or logistics
• Knowledge of a regional language (Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi) for our upcoming warehouse regions
• Basic understanding of lithium-ion battery types or EPR
• What we offer Fixed salary of ₹20,000 per month + incentive of up to ₹7,000 per month on tonnage and deals closed
• Hands-on learning in battery recycling, one of India's fastest-growing climate sectors

Direct exposure to the founding team and room to grow into a team-lead role as the desk scales