Technical Sales Trainee Southampton, Hampshire £17k - £19k (p.a)

Trainee Technical Sales Development Programme Electrical Engineering £19K plus pension, bonus scheme and other benefits.

Our Client is offering a fantastic career development opportunity for an ambitious trainee sales person to embark upon a 4 year development programme. The objective is to develop you in readiness for professional sales role within the organisation.

Ideally this will suit a bright school leaver with an interest in engineering and commerce, college leaver or junior electrical apprentice level seeking to move into a commercial environment whilst increasing electrical qualifications and knowledge in Electrical Engineering. Recent graduates in Electrical Engineering would also be considered.

This is a structured development consisting of:

Day release to complete further qualification in Electrical Engineering, BTEC Level 3/ONC/HNC

Presentation skills training

Negotiation skills training

Shadowing sales professionals

Rotating and assisting in other functions throughout the organisation to obtain full all round understanding of the business

Responsibility for own accounts with further guidance and mentoring (year 3 on)

Knowledge and Experience

* GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent), Physics.

* Any basic electrical experience or engineering experience

* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

* Valid driving licence will be required in the future so ideal if you already have

* Experience in similar sales /customer service environment.

* Any experience in customer service is beneficial.

To register your interest contact us with an up to date CV and we will be pleased to call you for a confidential discussion. To view more of our positions click on the Rise logo at the top of this page.

We work across a range of business to business/B2B market sectors including Renewable Energy, Electrical, Control & Automation, Electronic, Renewable Energy, Pneumatic, Hydraulic, Fluid Power, Instrumentation, Engineering services companies, Industrial Consumables, Industrial Components, Capital Equipment, Material Handling, Scientific Equipment, Petrochemical and Utilities.

Rise Executive Search & Recruitment Ltd are currently working on a wide range of business to business/B2B sales positions, account management, business development and sales management roles including: Sales Manager, UK Sales Manager, National Sales Manager, Country Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Executive, Senior Sales Executive, National Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager, Account Executive, National Account Executive, Sales Specialist, Global Account Manager, Sales Representative, Territory Sales, Field Sales, Client Relationship Manager, Sales Engineer, Sales Consultant, Technical Sales, Senior Sales Engineer, Export Sales, International Sales, European Sales, Branch Manager, Sales Director, Trainee Sales, Graduate Sales, Telesales, Internal Sales, Office Sales