Graduate / Trainee Sales Executive

£25,000 - £30,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

South East

Our client is a well known provider of industrial ink and marking solutions. To build on their continued success they wish to recruit a recent graduate or commercially minded candidate who is starting out on their sales career to help grow their business in the north of England.

They can offer great training and development and a rewarding specialist sales career.

The Role

Upon joining the business, you will undertake a rigorous training programme which will involve trips to European sister companies for product training, sales and process training at the head office in Shropshire, and one to one 'on the job' training with your line manager the UK Sales Manager.

Once you're “up and running”, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

* Maintain and develop strong relationships with existing customers as well as acquiring new customers through lead generation and follow through.

* Manage the full sales cycle from cradle to grave.

* Provide product demonstrations.

* Assist with project delivery.

* Provide regular updates by using CRM.

* Study your competitors and find new possible customers.

* Measure, track and communicate to the direct manager customer reports.

* Project negotiation.

* Achieve the forecast assigned.

* Work closely with the Marketing team at HQ to implement strategies.

The Person

Working in sales can be tough, so we're looking for people who are proactive, tenacious, resilient, energetic, hardworking, strong communicators and above all self-motivated. Large elements of the role will require you to work from home and/or on the road unaccompanied, so it is imperative you are able to remain focussed and disciplined. Fresh graduates will be considered, but we're also interested in candidates with a maximum of 2 years post graduate work experience but still looking for their long-term career.

To Apply

To put yourself forward for the above vacancy please apply accordingly. Alternatively for a confidential conversation to understand the role further please contact Jamie Gledhill. Contact information can be found on our website.

About us

The Hinton Recruitment Partnership is a new specialist recruitment company operating across the UK. With a warm personable approach we offer a thorough and transparent service to clients & candidates