Sales Person - West Midlands

Toyota Material Handling UK Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading materials handling provider in the West Midlands is seeking an experienced Sales Person to promote their full product range. The role requires nurturing customer relationships, identifying new prospects, and managing proposals. A strong B2B field sales background is desired, and a UK driver's license is essential. This position offers a competitive salary, attractive pension, and extensive training.

Benefits

Competitive salary and commission

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

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with a strong track record in field sales, preferably in B2B sales.
• Experience selling materials handling or capital equipment is beneficial.
• A full UK driver's licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Nurture relationships with existing customers 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 findings with customers.
• Manage all aspects of the administration process for truck orders.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Professional communication skills

Negotiation skills

Planning and organisation skills

PC literacy

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

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 one material handling provider. The role is based in the West Midlands.

About The Role

This 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 developing 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

Qualifications

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.

• 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 drivers licence is required

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and commission
• 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 offers

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

Toyota Material Handling is 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.