Trainee Sales Executive

Job Description

At Robinson we specialise in the production of HGV trailers, cranes, tippers and bodies. Established in Portarlington, Ireland in 2003, Robinson Distribution Ltd. has continuously expanded and has developed into a market leading trailer and crane manufacturer, supplying an ever growing customer base in the transport and forestry sector across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Robinson is an ambitious family owned and managed business with a long and proud history of transport, Agri-products and forest machinery. Throughout its history, Robinson's has been an innovative company with continuous research and development being at the core of the business. Our track record of trailer and crane design and manufacture provides us with a strong competitive advantage in terms of new product development. All our trailers and cranes are designed and customised by our team of experienced engineers. Our success has been built on an ethos of serving our customers with quality transport solutions, efficiency, and reliability and also by ensuring there is a complete focus on customer satisfaction at the core of everything we do. If you are interested in sales and have experience in Agriculture, Plant Machinery or Mechanical Engineering we would like to hear from you. Due to significant growth we are recruiting for a Trainee Sales Executive to join our growing team. This role will be reporting to our Managing Director with a focus on sales and growing our existing market share. This role is a permanent, full-time position that will involve a significant amount of travel. Core Responsibilities: Generate and manage new and existing customer base focusing primarily on target markets such as agriculture, plant machinery, and mechanical, providing expert product knowledge to customers leading to eventual sales. Build and develop relationships with commercial partners increasing market share in existing markets and maximise new business development opportunities. Identify and report on business opportunities in target markets to senior management team. Manage and maintain company sales materials inclusive of brochures & strategically placed adverts to develop and enhance customer product information and branding. Effectively and efficiently handle any customer complaints and warranty issues that arise to resolution. Monitor and measure customer satisfaction. Responsible for reporting daily and at weekly senior management team meetings on events, new business prospects, proposals and secured orders. Manage and maintain customer contact portfolio and report to Company Director. Keys Skills, Experience and Qualifications required: Demonstrable experience ideally from an agricultural, mechanical engineering, plant machinery background. Truck license is required. Some overnight stays are required for this role. Core Competencies required: Demonstrable business relationship building, communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrate high level ability of prospecting, negotiating, and achieving excellent customer service satisfaction. Self-motivator with a can-do, hands-on approach. Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Full-time Job function Sales and Business Development Industries Truck Transportation #J-18808-Ljbffr