Trainee Sales Manager - Gateshead | 1547

CPJ Recruitment; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health shield

Pension

Long service awards

Enhanced maternity pay

Enhanced paternity pay

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Trainee Sales Manager in Gateshead. This entry-level role involves managing a retail center while driving business development and promoting leading cleaning and garden equipment. Candidates should have a full UK driving licence and be career-oriented. The company offers exceptional training programs, supporting ambitious individuals keen on progressing in sales or management. Excellent benefits include health coverage and enhanced pay during maternity and paternity leave.

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving licence.
• Entry level candidate aspiring toward sales and management.
• Motivated to build relationships and focus on customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Support the operation of a retail branch from Gateshead.
• Drive business development by visiting new and existing customers.
• Promote cleaning machines and garden equipment to end-users.
• Deliver direct customer service and demonstrate equipment.

Skills

Relationship building

Customer service

Sales aptitude

Career minded

Job description

Trainee Sales Manager - Gateshead | 1547

• Entry level sales / sales management opportunity with leading global brand and manufacturer
• Customer facing and retail centre management

Trainee Sales Manager

Location Gateshead

• As Trainee Sales Manager, you will work alongside a collaborative team supporting the overall running of a profitable retail branch based out of Gateshead. You will also be tasked to drive business development visiting new and existing customers within proximity of Gateshead.
• The Trainee Sales Manager will promote leading brand commercial / domestic cleaning machines and outdoor garden equipment to end-users.
• You will deliver first class customer service and demonstrate cleaning equipment and outdoor garden equipment to customers.
• 2 days visiting customers / 3 day branch based. 8.30am - 17.00 (37 hrs per week).
• You will benefit from an exceptional on-going training and development course to support you with you career development.
• As Trainee Sales Manager, you will (under supervision initially) manage the retail centre and you will be given responsibility to make key business decisions.

The Company hiring a Trainee Sales Manager

Our client are a household brand and market leading capital equipment manufacturer that provide a range of state of the art / innovative commercial and domestic machines. Their customers heavily rely on their products and associated services and they support businesses across a multitude of sectors including transport & logistics, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, facilities management and the public sector.

The company are renowned for their unrivalled training and development programmes and successful recruits go often progress in Key / National Accounts and People Management. This organisation retain and develop their staff with a strong collaborative culture. This role has come about due to a recent internal promotion of a successful individual that has been with the business for approx. 2 years.

This opportunity represents a rare opportunity for a candidate with raw potential to embark on a world-class management trainee program with a well recognised blue-chip brand.

The Candidate for the Trainee Sales Manager

• You MUST have a full UK driving licence
• Career minded and driven
• A natural relationship builder / customer centric
• This would be suitable for any entry level candidate looking to pivot into sales, management or retail management

The Package for the Trainee Sales Manager

• Health shield & pension
• Long Service awards
• Enhanced retirement scheme and competitive pension options 6% employer 5% employee (11%)
• Enhanced maternity - 24 months full pay / enhanced paternity 4- weeks full pay

Life insurance