Overview
Are you a credible Sales Executive, Technical Sales, or Sales Engineer who is comfortable speaking with customers? This role combines business development, account management and project management. Based in Corby with potential to move to a home-based, field sales role within 18 to 24 months after training. You will work for the UK sales & service office of a major European manufacturer of packaging machinery selling to pharmaceutical and food manufacturing markets.
Location & Benefits
Location: Corby - office based for the first two years; you must be commutable to Corby.
Commutable locations:
* Kettering
* Northampton
* Burton Latimer
* Wellingborough
* Rushden
* Thrapston
* Oundle
* Peterborough
* Stamford
* Oakham
* Leicester
* Market Harborough
* Lutterworth
* Bedford
* Rugby
* Huntingdon
Salary & Benefits
Salary: Up to £45,000
* Commission on new machine sales
* Access to full company benefits package including pension
* Good holiday package rising with service (including Christmas shutdown)
Job Description
Sales Executive, Technical Sales, Sales Engineer, Internal Sales, Project Manager. Based at our site in Corby, this role is a mix of Projects, Sales and Account Management. Working with and shadowing the Sales Manager, you will develop your skills whilst learning our niche sector and customers.
This role will give you opportunities to meet with clients across the UK and Ireland, whilst also receiving world class product training at the manufacturing headquarters in Italy.
Key Responsibilities
* Projects: Working as a hub between customers, suppliers and internal contacts to keep everyone informed as to the progress of the manufacture, installation and commissioning of their capital equipment projects
* Sales: Following up on enquiries, contacting current and lapsed clients, with a focus on proactive business generation - prospecting and canvassing companies across pharmaceutical, food, general industrial to book meetings through our database, self-generated leads, contacts at exhibitions and marketing etc.
* Account Management: Working with a broad and long standing account base to check they\'re happy with current projects and establish time lines for future needs. Booking and attending meetings across the UK and Ireland.
Person Specification
You've got some kind of technical, engineering, mechanical mindset. This could be from school, work experience or hobbies. You're not intimidated by mechanical engineering principles. You're good with customers and can be credible. We sell by providing high quality products and offering strong consultancy to our clients. You want to build a career in sales management or project management. Working closely with our Sales Manager, this is an opportunity to learn a niche industry from an expert—selling high quality, internationally renowned equipment to high-profile customers. Previous experience of either internal sales or project management or both in a technical or engineering company would be advantageous.
The Company
We are the sole UK subsidiary for a large Italian manufacturer of capital equipment selling to the pharmaceutical, food, general industrial manufacturing sectors. Based in Corby, we have a strong reputation throughout the UK and Ireland as experts in our field.
Prospects
This role is intended to evolve into a full Sales Manager position in the next 12 to 18 months after full product training at head office in Europe and on-the-job sales training and mentoring in the UK. Working closely with our existing Sales Manager will set you up with an excellent career path within our well-paid and high-margin sector.
Interested?
Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.
Note
Please note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us directly.
Reference
Ref: SP18249, Wallace Hind Selection
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