Used Equipment Sales Specialist – Milton Common

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Used Equipment Sales Specialist – Milton Common

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family-owned, multisite agricultural and groundcare business. Established in 1977 and now employing over 275 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands.

We are currently looking for a Used Equipment Sales Specialist to join our Head Office Agricultural Sales department. The key purpose of the role is to assist with managing the sales and marketing strategies of our used equipment (UE) business.

Duties of the role will include:

Supporting the creation and maintenance of the UE policies on pricing, evaluation, purchasing and managing inventory
Providing information and recommendations on the appropriate market value
Ensuring that UE will be prepared, revised, displayed and advertised in a timely manner. May demonstrate machines to potential customers​
Maintaining professional UE display and communication of what is available and in a saleable condition​
Supporting the identification of new UE customers​
Attending marketing activities such as trade shows and events​
Assisting with logistics including import and export
Ensuring trade-in machines are collected on time, match the appraisal form and have all relevant attachments and accessories included​
Proposing and recommending changes and improvements to the group used equipment manager as appropriate

The Ideal Candidate:

The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking individual with knowledge of modern agricultural machinery, farming practices and Precision Ag technology. It is also essential that you have excellent IT skills so you can embrace and benefit from our new CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system.

This job is office based at our Head Office (OX9 2NZ) with occasional travel around the group when required.

Hours of work are 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday with Saturday mornings on a rota basis (usually 1 in 4).

The Benefits:

Our excellent package includes a competitive basic salary of up to £35k, generous bonus scheme, up to 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), company pension, employee discount schemes, employee wellbeing and financial planning service, cycle to work scheme

Farol Ltd is a family-owned company with people at the heart of its strategy and has become one of the leading John Deere machinery dealers in the UK. Employing over 250 people, we have industry leading Agricultural and Turf machinery sales divisions, as well as running specialist departments for: Precision Ag technology, aftersales, tyres and haulage.

​We know that our people are the key to our success, and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone’s contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills, and professionalism, we highly value the very things that makes the individual unique: their passion, dedication, approachability, and their drive to go the extra mile.

​Growth and development are inevitable within our forward-thinking company, where we offer a highly competitive salary, a diverse and interesting work environment, job security and on-going training.