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Reference 2024-4033 Publication date 20/05/2025 Category

Active Jobs - Sales and Sales Support

Job title

Sales Person - Reading

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Sales Person to work within the 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 Worlds number 1 material handling provider.

About The Role

The 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
  
  

Your Profile

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.

Here is a quick tick list for the other skills we are looking for:

• 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
  
  

Our Offer

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Attractive company pension
• Company vehicle (if applicable)
• Fuel card (if applicable)
• Full tool kit (if applicable)
• 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.

More Information

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.

Contract type

Permanent

Job location

United Kingdom

Location

Reading