Sales Assistant

Wallace Hind Talent Solutions; Corby; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30h week

33 days holiday

Company pension

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection in Corby is seeking a Sales Executive to join our team. This brand-new role supports the Commercial Project Manager by researching markets, tracking live opportunities, preparing quotations, and maintaining our CRM and SharePoint documentation.

You will help move opportunities from inquiry to order in a busy rail and rolling stock environment. The position offers a 30-hour week, a competitive salary (£30,000), and benefits including a company pension and on-site parking.

Qualifications

• MS Office suite experience, especially Excel and Outlook.
• Experience using SharePoint or similar document management system.
• Experience maintaining structured records or a CRM.
• Ability to research information independently and accurately.
• Confidence to assist with quotations, commercial comparisons and margin calculations.

Responsibilities

• Keep track of live opportunities, making sure deadlines aren’t missed and ensuring our pipeline is accurate
• Ensure our CRM is maintained and updated.
• Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial documents
• Look after the SharePoint, keeping technical documents, photographs, manuals, drawings, maintenance records and specifications organised and easy to find

Skills

CRM experience

MS Office proficiency

Independent research

Quotation & margin calculations

Tools

SharePoint

CRM system

Excel

Outlook

Job description

We’re looking for a Sales Executive to join our business based in Corby and work closely with our Commercial Project Manager. This is a brand-new role, created to provide the organisation research and commercial support needed to keep every sales opportunity moving from that first inquiry right through to order and delivery.

BASIC SALARY: £30,000

BENEFITS:

• 30 hour working week
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Free on site Parking

LOCATION: Corby

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Market Harborough, Rushden, Kettering, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Peterborough, Northampton, Leicester, Corby

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Internal Sales – Rail, rolling stock

This is a new role, so you’ll have the opportunity to make it your own and become a key part of how the sales function operates.

As our Sales Executive you will:

• Keep track of live opportunities, making sure deadlines aren’t missed and ensuring our pipeline is accurate
• Ensure our CRM is maintained and updated.
• Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial documents
• Look after the SharePoint, keeping technical documents, photographs, manuals, drawings, maintenance records and specifications organised and easy to find

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Internal Sales – Rail, rolling stock

You’ll need to be comfortable managing several things at once and, importantly, be someone who doesn’t need constant direction.

You’ll ideally have:

• Good experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook
• Experience using SharePoint or a similar document management system
• Experience maintaining structured records or a CRM
• The ability to research information independently and accurately
• The confidence to assist with quotations, commercial comparisons and margin calculations

THE COMPANY:

We are a family-run railway business with a global reach and a reputation for delivering complex rolling stock projects. We combine commercial expertise with practical railway engineering knowledge, giving our team the opportunity to work on unique projects that few companies can offer. From HST exports and fleet refurbishment programmes to international commissioning and technical support, no two projects are ever quite the same.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.