Graduate Trainee Truck Sales Executive

Crossroads Truck & Bus
Location: Birstall (WF17 9LR).
Contract: Fixed 2 year contract with the opportunity of a permanent position.
Ideal for: Post-graduates economics or mechanical engineering. Some work-based experience required (e.g., customer service, sales support, admin, retail, operations).
Start your Sales career in a fast‑paced, high‑value capital equipment business, with the industries number one brand and the UK’s largest private Volvo network.
Are you a motivated business graduate looking to build a career in sales?
Do you enjoy working with people, solving problems, and learning how businesses really operate?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Crossroads team as a Graduate Trainee Truck Sales Executive, where you’ll gain hands-on experience, industry knowledge, and all the coaching you need to become a successful commercial vehicle sales professional.
What you’ll be doing
In this trainee role, you will learn every aspect of the truck sales process, including:
· Supporting senior sales staff with quotations, product information and customer enquiries.
· Building relationships with new and existing customers.
· Developing a strong understanding of commercial vehicles, specifications, and customer needs.
· Visiting customers alongside experienced team members.
· Learning how to manage accounts, identify opportunities, negotiation to closing the sales process.
· Gaining exposure to the operational side of the business to understand how our products support customers
What we’re looking for?
· A degree in economics or mechanical engineering or a closely related field.
· Some work-based experience (e.g. customer-facing role, business support, or sales / marketing environment, transport / logistics).
· Genuine interest in developing a career in B2B sales.
· Confident communicator with strong relationship-building skills.
· Commercially minded with the ability to learn quickly.
· Driven, ambitious, and eager to progress.
· The successful candidate must have a clean and valid driving licence.
What we offer
· Full training programme with clear progression into an Area Sales Manager role.
· Supportive team environment with ongoing mentoring
· Competitive salary, pension and healthcare cash plan, company car, all the IT you will need.
· Real career progression.
Ready to accelerate your career? If you’re a business graduate with ambition, confidence, and a desire to build a long-term career in sales, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and take your first step into the world of commercial vehicle sales.
Benefits:
* Company car
* Loyalty bonus.
* Excellent contributory pension scheme.
* Rewards gateway platform available for scheme members.
* Comprehensive healthcare cash plan to help with healthcare costs such as physio, optician and dentist