We are looking for a Modernisation Sales Executive to cover the North Yorkshire and surrounding areas. Responsible for managing the sales process and proposal generation, for securing contracts for modernisation projects throughout the region in accordance with annual targets. Maintaining and building relationships with Consultants and client Decision Makers. Continually expanding product knowledge, market and competitor information. You will have gained experience from within a role where you have built effective relationships with internal and external customers, ideally from within either the lifts or construction sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Securing projects for lift modernisations in accordance with annual targets.
- Prospecting and generating proposals and closing contracts.
- Working with the sales estimating team to ensure that quotes reflect agreements reached and that the final contract is signed off by the client.
- Expanding your product knowledge of the Orona and competitor portfolio of products.
- Gaining market and competitor information.
- Combining product knowledge with excellent sales techniques.
- Proven experience within the lift industry (ideally).
- Clean UK driving licence (essential).
- Right to work in the UK (mandatory).
- Customer focus – build effective relationships with internal and external customers, gaining trust and respect by meeting and exceeding expectations.
- Negotiation – able to negotiate skilfully in tough situations, winning concessions without damaging relationships.
- Active listening – practices active listening, has the patience to hear people out and can accurately sum up what has been said.
If you are ambitious, safety‑driven, and ready to take the next step in your lift engineering career, we would love to hear from you.
Orona UK – Sheffield, UK. Salary: £35,757 per year (estimated). At ORONA, we are global leaders in the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance and modernisation of lifts, escalators, moving ramps and walkways. Operating in over 100 countries with 330,000 lifts worldwide, we are proud to be number one in Europe for complete lift production capacity.
What We Offer
- Attractive salary – competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
- Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 with service, and 8 public holidays.
- Secure future – pension scheme with increasing company contributions.
- Peace of mind – life insurance to support you and your loved ones.
- Health & wellbeing – medical cash back plan, plus 24/7 GP services.
- Family‑friendly benefits – enhanced leave for family‑related events and emergencies.
- Support – employee assistance programme offering confidential support for personal or work‑related challenges.
- Eye care – eyecare vouchers.
- Recognition for longevity – long service awards to celebrate milestones.
- Referral rewards – recruitment referral fee for helping us find top talent.
- Continuous growth – ongoing training & development opportunities to support your career journey.
