Graduate Trainee Truck Sales Executive

Crossroads Truck & Bus Location: Rotherham (S60 2XL). Contract: Fixed 2 year contract with the opportunity of a permanent position. Ideal for: Post-graduates in 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 industry's 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:

• 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.