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Sales Executive

Wallace Hind Selection LTDNorthampton, Northamptonshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 3 Apr 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Sales Executive role offers fantastic career growth, including extensive product training in Italy and the potential to transition into a field-based position within two years, with a competitive salary of up to £45,000 plus commission. You'll thrive here if you're a proactive sales professional eager to develop skills in business development, account management, and project management within the thriving pharmaceutical and food manufacturing sectors. Don't miss this opportunity to join a leading European manufacturer and advance your sales career!

Quick Overview

Salary
£45k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
CRMMicrosoft Office

Job Description

We're looking for a Sales Executive to join our business based in Corby and work closely with our Commercial Project Manager. This is a brand-new role, created to provide the organisation research and commercial support needed to keep every sales opportunity moving from that first inquiry right through to order and delivery.
BASIC SALARY: £30,000
BENEFITS:
30 hour working week
33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
Company Pension Scheme
Free on site Parking
LOCATION: Corby
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Market Harborough, Rushden, Kettering, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Peterborough, Northampton, Leicester, Corby
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Internal Sales - Rail, rolling stock
This is a new role, so you'll have the opportunity to make it your own and become a key part of how the sales function operates.
As our Sales Executive you will:
Keep track of live opportunities, making sure deadlines aren't missed and ensuring our pipeline is accurate
Ensure our CRM is maintained and updated.
Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial documents
Look after the SharePoint, keeping technical documents, photographs, manuals, drawings, maintenance records and specifications organised and easy to find
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Sales Executive, Sales Representative, Internal Sales - Rail, rolling stock
You'll need to be comfortable managing several things at once and, importantly, be someone who doesn't need constant direction.
You'll ideally have:
Good experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook
Experience using SharePoint or a similar document management system
Experience maintaining structured records or a CRM
The ability to research information independently and accurately
The confidence to assist with quotations, commercial comparisons and margin calculations
THE COMPANY:
We are a family-run railway business with a global reach and a reputation for delivering complex rolling stock projects. We combine commercial expertise with practical railway engineering knowledge, giving our team the opportunity to work on unique projects that few companies can offer. From HST exports and fleet refurbishment programmes to international commissioning and technical support, no two projects are ever quite the same.
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the recruitment partner of our client.
REF: AM18667, Wallace Hind Selection

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