Sales Assistant

Wallace Hind Selection; Northampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 hour working week

33 days holiday

Company Pension Scheme

Free on site Parking

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a Sales Executive to join our Corby-based team. This role involves driving opportunities from initial inquiry through to order and delivery while providing research and commercial support to the Commercial Project Manager.

You will track live opportunities, maintain the CRM, prepare quotations and commercial documents, and organize SharePoint materials to support efficient project delivery.

Qualifications

• You’ll ideally have 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.

Responsibilities

• Keep track of live opportunities, ensuring deadlines are met and the pipeline is accurate.
• Ensure the CRM is maintained and updated.
• Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial documents.
• Look after SharePoint and keep technical documents, photos, manuals, drawings, maintenance records and specs organized.

Skills

Research skills

Quotations and margins

Independent work

Multitasking

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

SharePoint

CRM

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 accuratelyThe 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.

REF

AM18667, Wallace Hind Selection