Sales Executive – Midlands

ROLE SUMMARY:

Sales of niche Printing Equipment, (not Capital Equipment / Machinery), to the Midlands Print Market. Product Training provided if required.

Ideal Candidate Profile:
Experience of Selling Print Equipment and / or Consumables.

Advantageous / Not Essential:
Additional experience selling into the Labels and / or Envelopes sectors.

CLIENT PROFILE:

Our Client has been established for over 50 years and is known worldwide with regard to the quality and innovation of it’s Printing Equipment Technology. They are a globally recognized market leader in the production of high-quality products.

The basis of their worldwide success is the continuous improvement of their Product & Service Offering. Although competitors offer other solutions our Client’s systems remain clearly superior due to their creative research dept.

Role Requirements:

Our Client is looking for a driven & enthusiastic Sales Executive to join their successful team.

The successful candidate will be based in the Midlands and will have a proven track record of external sales, ideally gained within a business associated with the printing industry – technical knowledge gained within sales of label / commercial print equipment would be an advantage, but is not essential as full product training will be provided.

Also required:

Great organisational skills.
A high standard of IT ability.
Strong verbal & written communication and great negotiation skills.
Excellent trouble-shooting skills and methodical approach to problem solving.
A willingness to travel extensively throughout the UK (sales territory tbc), staying overnight when required.
A full UK driving licence.

Role Responsibilities:

Plan and prioritise personal sales activities (such as visits, telephone calls, etc), effectively managing personal time, productivity and resources.
Regularly update systems with information about prospective and actual visits (calendar and call reports).
Maintain and develop existing accounts.
Identify & convert opportunities for new business.
Offer on-site training, trouble-shooting and technical support to customers.
Liaise with sales colleagues & management on specific customer projects.

***Please supply CV in word rather than PDF***

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.