Trainee Sales Manager

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

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 (37hrsper 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
• Clear strong communicator

The Package for the Trainee Sales Manager

• 27,000 basic
• OTE32,000
• Health shield & pension
• 24 days holiday plus your birthday plusstats(32 days in total)
• 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