Sales Representative

TipTopJob; Reading; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Business miles paid

Smart phone

Laptop

Additional holiday up to 4 weeks (sacr

Job summary

TipTopJob is supporting a leading distributor in the UK to appoint a Field Sales Executive covering Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. The role involves promoting a wide range of products to new and existing clients with a home office setup and four days of travel per week.

Typical salary is circa £35,000 per annum plus bonus, with additional holiday options and company car arrangements as part of the package.

Qualifications

• No direct product experience is necessary
• Background in external, field based sales as a Sales Representative, Sales Executive or Account Manager
• Managed a regional geographical territory
• Ability to learn quickly and think on your feet
• Bright and cheerful and very outgoing personality
• Self-motivated
• Strong desire to succeed
• Ability to quickly form relationships with customers
• Good communicator
• Team player yet driven enough to operate independently

Responsibilities

• Visit customers, building on existing relationships and developing new relationships to secure existing business
• Identify new sales opportunities for account penetration and promote the client’s products
• Manage your own diary with approximately 4 days per week travelling to visit customers and working from a home office approximately 1 day per week
• Handover/introduction to clients will be arranged and reports filed to the office detailing activities
• Work across a range of B2B market sectors including Electrical, Control and Automation, Electronic, Renewable Energy, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Material Handling, Scientific Equipment, Petrochemical and Utilities

Job description

Field Sales Executive South Central England ideal located OX, NN, MK, LU, SG, SN, RG, HP, SL, postcode areas.

Basic negotiable circa GBP 35000 per annum plus Bonus

Benefits

• typical VW Golf Hybrid tax efficient Company Car
• Business Miles Paid
• Smart Phone
• Lap Top
• Option to take an additional holiday allowance of up to 4 extra weeks, with salary sacrifices pro rata
• Initial induction, product and ongoing product training and full support
• Technical support always available to assist you and your customers when required

We have a super opportunity for an experienced field sales executive seeking a full time role with the increased holiday option, (with salary pro rata). My Client, a leading player in their field and still expanding, requires an experienced and enthusiastic sales representative to help promote their range of products to new and existing clients in and across and area comprising Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. Living central to the territory would be ideal, you will inherit and manage an established customer base of accounts in which you will continue the development of business along with new business, managing your own diary with approximately 4 days per week travelling to visit customers and working from a home office approximately 1 day per week.

The current territory customer base is well established and handover/introduction to clients will be arranged. Your role will be to visit customers, building on existing relationships and developing new relationships in order to secure existing business, identify new sales opportunities for account penetration and promote our clients products. The range of products is vast and second to none with most of the major leading brands in their sector available and the strength of being a leading distributor in the UK.

The role is working normal business hours, with the flexibility expected in a Field Sales role, no weekend working. There is the option to take an additional holiday allowance of up to 4 extra weeks, with salary sacrifices pro rata.

You will be working to achieve a target and as is normal will need to file reports to the office detailing your activities on a regular basis.

We work across a range of business to business/B2B market sectors including Electrical, Control and Automation, Electronic, Renewable Energy, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services companies, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Material Handling, Scientific Equipment, Petrochemical and Utilities.

The person

• No direct product experience is necessary
• Background in external, field based sales as a Sales Representative, Sales Executive or Account Manager
• Managed a regional geographical territory
• Ability to learn quickly and think on your feet
• Bright and cheerful and very outgoing personality
• Self-motivated
• Strong desire to succeed
• Ability to quickly form relationships with customers
• Good communicator
• Team player yet driven enough to operate independently