Position: Sales Consultant
Location: Thatcham (RG19)
Salary: £35,000 basic (+ commission/bonus)
Hours: 37 hours worked Monday – Friday (hybrid working)
Experience: Sales Consultant, Account Management, Consultative Sales, Sales, B2B, Education, Apprenticeships, Training, Relationship Building  

The Opportunity  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with an innovative training and apprenticeship provider based in Thatcham, who are looking to recruit a meticulous and confident Sales Consultant, to join their growing team.  

As Sales Consultant, you will deal largely with inbound sales enquiries for new business but also existing clients. Due to the nature of these sales enquiries, it is essential that you have an inquisitive mind and can really fact find with the client to ensure you can offer them the very best training courses to suit the needs of their business and team.  

The successful Sales Consultant, will work closely alongside the Account Management team to provide a streamlined experience from initial contact to encourage ongoing relationships. As Sales Consultant you will work hard to nurture and grow relationships to generate trust, so it is important that the successful person has gravitas and is confident in their approach. 

This role would be well suited to a candidate with previous account management experience within the training/apprenticeship space or indeed a comparable sector. Thompson & Terry Recruitment’s client are really looking for a candidate who is commercially aware, has great attention to detail and is motivated to grow with the business, whilst providing a professional and collaborative experience to every client that you work with.   

This role is an amazing opportunity for a candidate that is passionate about consultancy sales and is looking to take the next step in their sales career within a company that provide a genuine career path, the opportunity for fantastic professional development, and unlimited access to their training courses too.  

The Company  

Our client are a well-established and highly respected national training and apprenticeship provider, who are looking to recruit a meticulous Sales Consultant to join their team.  

Our client is proud of the relationships they hold with their impressive and varied client base, many of which are huge well-known brands. The Sales Consultant vacancy is very focused on nurturing and growing clientele, whilst also dealing with inbound sales enquiries. However, our client really encourages shared learning and collaboration across the commercial team and wider business, therefore you will get involved in new business at time.     

In exchange for your hard work, our client also rewards their staff with hybrid working opportunities, a strong bonus scheme, 25 days holiday (+bank holidays), unlimited access to their training courses and a generous contributory pension scheme.  

Requirements  

• Account Management experience, with the ability to really develop relationships 
• Driven to sell and exceed targets but with the view to building long-term relationships at the heart of everything you do   
• Excellent telephone manner and fantastic verbal and written communication skills   

• A strong attention to detail and highly meticulous  
• Previous experience selling B2B, preferably within the training/apprenticeship sector   
• A real team player, who is commercially aware   

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk) are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. We typically source candidates for Sales, Marketing and office administration jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, gender, age or sex.  

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.