Sales Person - Stevenage

Toyota Manufacturing UK Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading materials handling solutions provider in Stevenage seeks an experienced Sales Person to promote their full range of equipment. Responsibilities include managing customer relationships and conducting site surveys. Ideal candidates should have a strong sales background and excellent communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary, an attractive company pension, and extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Attractive company pension

Company vehicle

Fuel card

Company sick pay

Voluntary critical illness cover

Free eye tests

Free flu jabs

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Benefits platform with discounts

Qualifications

• Strong track record in field sales, preferably B2B.
• Experience in selling materials handling or capital equipment is beneficial.
• A full UK driver’s licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Nurture relationships with existing customers.
• Identify target accounts and develop relationships with new businesses.
• Conduct detailed site surveys to identify equipment specifications.
• Create proposals and present findings to customers.
• Manage administration process for truck orders.

Skills

Self-motivated

Professional communication skills

Strong negotiation skills

Effective planning and organisation skills

PC literate

Good commercial awareness

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Sales Person to work within our local sales business area selling and promoting the full product range of material handling equipment (forklifts and warehouse trucks). This role comes with a competitive salary and commission scheme, an attractive company pension, an excellent company car and the opportunity to work for the world’s number 1 material handling provider.

About The Role

The role involves selling materials handling solutions (the best in our industry) and providing excellent levels of customer service to businesses in a wide range of industry sectors. On a day-to-day basis this is what you would be doing:

• Nurture relationships with existing customers and understand their future requirements through regular visits and communication
• Identify target accounts and develop relationships with new prospect businesses
• Carry out detailed site surveys and identify equipment specifications
• Create comprehensive proposals and share your findings with customers through meetings and presentations
• Manage all aspects of the administration process relating to a truck orders

Your Profile

We are looking for a self-motivated person with a strong track record within a field sales environment, preferably in business to business (B2B) sales. Experience selling materials handling or capital equipment would be beneficial, but don’t worry if you don’t as full product training will be given.

Here is a quick tick list for the other skills we are looking for:

• Good commercial awareness and business understanding
• Professional communication skills – confident at presenting, good attention to detail
• Strong negotiation skills and an ability to develop solid business arguments
• Effective planning and organisation skills
• PC literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• A full UK driver’s licence is required

Our Offer

• Competitive salary
• Attractive company pension
• Company vehicle
• Fuel card
• Company sick pay
• Voluntary critical illness cover
• Free eye tests
• Free flu jabs
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Benefits platform with instant discounts and offer

Additional Information

We will provide you with industry leading technical training to ensure you have the knowledge and all the tools to do your job. Plus, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and develop your skills within Toyota.

Why choose Toyota Material Handling – the world’s number one manufacturer of materials handling equipment providing quality sales and service support across the UK. We foster a culture where our team members are encouraged to continually improve their processes and strive to provide the highest quality in service for our customers. We aim to create a safe environment where our team members feel valued, fulfilled, engaged and happy. We want to attract the best talent and develop our team so that they achieve their full potential.

Our commitment is to read each application carefully, however due to the high volume of applications we receive regrettably only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Toyota Material Handling UK is an equal opportunities employer.

Contract type – Permanent. Job location – United Kingdom. Location – Stevenage.